Pulsed pheromone stimuli affect the temporal response of antennal receptor neurones of the adult cabbage looper moth

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-130

  Grant, Alan J ^a,c   Borroni, Paola F ^a,b   O'Connell, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ASSUMPTION COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Orientation; Pheromone; Plume; Pulsed stimuli; Trichoplusia ni

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 0030998853     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1997.tb01149.x     Document Type: Article

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