Secretory mechanisms for the male produced aggregation pheromone of the palm weevil Rhynchophorus palmarum L. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 1113-1119

  Sanchez P ^a,b   Cerda, H ^a   Cabrera, A ^a   Caetano, F H ^c   Materan M ^a   Sanchez F ^d   Jaffe K ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b FONAIAP Estacion experimental   (Venezuela)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d Fundacion Instituto de Estudios Avanzados IDEA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Gland Aggregation; Pheromone; Rhynchophorus palmarum; Secretory mechanism

Indexed keywords

RHYNCHOPHORUS PALMARUM;

EID: 0030289635     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(96)00039-X     Document Type: Article

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