Behaviour of male oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta, in overlapping sex pheromone plumes in a wind tunnel

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-59

  Valeur, P G ^a   Lofstedt C ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

(E) 8 dodecenyl acetate; (Z) 8 dodecanol; (Z) 8 dodecenyl acetate; Arrestment; Attraction; Interruption; Lepidoptera; Mating disruption; Multiple sources; Pest control; Range; Tortricidae

Indexed keywords

ORIENTAL FRUIT MOTH; SEX PHEROMONE;

GRAPHOLITA MOLESTA; LEPIDOPTERA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 0030477492     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00808.x     Document Type: Article

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