Factors influencing response of flying Prostephanus truncatus to its male-produced aggregation pheromone

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 179-187

  Fadamiro, Henry Y ^a,b   Wyatt, Tristram D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bostrichidae; Coleoptera; flight; larger grain borer; pheromone; Prostephanus truncatus; response; wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

PROSTEPHANUS TRUNCATUS; BOSTRICHIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

AGGREGATION PHEROMONE; LARGER GRAIN BORER; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOUR; PEST MONITORING; PHEROMONE;

EID: 0030301464     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1996.tb00853.x     Document Type: Article

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