Essential amino acid methyl esters: Mjor sex pheromone components of the cranberry white grub, phyllophaga anxia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 231-245

  Zhang, Aijun ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Chirality, l valine methyl ester; Coleoptera; Cranberry white grub; Electroantennographic detection; Field trapping; L isoleucine methyl ester; Phyllophaga anxia; Scarabaeidae; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

PHYLLOPHAGA ANXIA;

EID: 0030935776     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000006356.47959.ed     Document Type: Article

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