Synthesis, analysis, and field activity of sordidin, a male-produced aggregation pheromone of the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1145-1161

  Jayaraman, Seetharaman ^a   Ndiege, Isaiah O ^a   Oehlschlager, Allan C ^a   Gonzalez, Lilliana M ^b   Alpizar, Dennis ^c   Falles, Mario ^c   Budenberg, William J ^d   Ahuya, Peter ^d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Chem Tica International ^*  (Costa Rica)

^c Ministerio de Agricultura   (Costa Rica)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

2,8 dioxa 1 ethyl 3,5,7 trimethylbicyclo 3.2.1 octane synthesis; Aggregation pheromone; Banana weevil; Cosmopolites sordidus; Field attraction; Pitfall trap; Sordidin

Indexed keywords

COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS;

EID: 0030916846     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000006392.54376.0e     Document Type: Article

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