Oviposition pheromone in the Simulium damnosum complex: Biological activity of chemical fractions from gravid ovaries

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 224-230

  McCall, P J ^a,d   Heath, R R ^b   Dueben, B D ^b   Wilson, M D ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^d Intl Institute of Parasitology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation pheromone; Bioassay; Blackfly; Onchocerciasis; Oviposition; Semio chemical; Simulium damnosum

Indexed keywords

DAMNOSUM COMPLEX; DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM LEONENSE; SIMULIUM YAHENSE;

EID: 0030708856     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1997.tb01162.x     Document Type: Article

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