Electroantennogram, wind tunnel and field responses of male Mediterranean corn borer, Sesamia nonagrioides, to several blends of its sex pheromone components

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-127

  Sans, A ^a   Riba, M ^a   Eizaguirre, M ^a   Lopez, C ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

(Z) 11 hexadecen 1 ol; (Z) 11 hexadecen 1 yl acetate; (Z) 11 hexadecenal; dodecylacetate; EAG; electrophysiological behaviour; field tests; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; pest monitoring; Sesamia nonagrioides; sex pheromone; wind tunnel tests

Indexed keywords

SESAMIA NONARGIOIDES; DISCESTRA TRIFOLII; LACANOBIA OLERACEA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; SESAMIA NONAGRIOIDES;

ELECTROANTENNOGRAM; MEDITERRANEAN CORN BORER; SEX PHEROMONE; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 0030617547     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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