Phase-independent responses to phase-specific aggregation pheromone in adult desert locusts, Schistocerca gregaria (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-137

  Njagi, Peter G N ^a   Torto, B ^a   Obeng Ofori, D ^a   Hassanali, A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Acrididae; Aggregation pheromone; Electroantennogram; Guaiacol; Olfactometer; Phenol; Phenylacetonitrile; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA; ACRIDIDAE; ORTHOPTERA;

AGGREGATION PHEROMONE; DESERT LOCUST; GREGARIZATION; PHENYLACETONITRILE; PHEROMONE;

EID: 0030302240     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1996.tb00845.x     Document Type: Article

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