Semiochemicals mediating spacing behavior of bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi feeding on cereals

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2599-2607

  Quiroz, A ^a   Pettersson, J ^b   Pickett, J A ^c   Wadhams, L J ^c   Niemeyer, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphids; Olfactometry; Spacing pheromones; Wheat

Indexed keywords

BIRD CHERRY-OAT APHID; SEMICHEMICAL; SPACING BEHAVIOUR; VOLATILE CHEMICAL; WHEAT;

APHIDIDAE; AVES; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; POACEAE; PRUNUS PADUS; RHOPALOSIPHUM; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030725736     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000006669.34845.0d     Document Type: Article

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