Effect of conditioning on discrimination of oilseed rape volatiles by the honeybee: Use of a combined gas chromatography-proboscis extension behavioural assay

Chemical Senses

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 391-398

  Le Metayer M ^a   Marion Poll, F ^b   Sandoz, J C ^a   Pham Delegue M H ^a   Blight, M M ^c   Wadhams, L J ^c   Masson, C ^a   Woodcock, C M ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; RAPESEED OIL; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); OILS, VOLATILE; PHEROMONES; PLANT OILS; SESQUITERPENES; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TASTE;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0030762101     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/22.4.391     Document Type: Article

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