Evidence for a substrate-borne sex pheromone in the parasitoid wasp Trichogramma brassicae

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1349-1360

  Pompanon, Francois ^a   De Schepper, Benoit ^a   Mourer, Yvan ^a   Fouillet, Pierre ^a   Bouletreau, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Egg parasitoid; Hymenoptera; Mating structure; Sex pheromone; Substrate borne chemical; Trichogramma brassicae; Trichogrammatidae; Videotracking

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; TRICHOGRAMMA BRASSICAE; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0030821594     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000006468.19993.70     Document Type: Article

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