Does PBAN play an alternative role of controlling pheromone emission in the cabbage looper moth, Trichoplusia ni (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)?

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 695-700

  Zhang Zhao, Jing ^a,b   Haynes, Kenneth F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Pheromone; Pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN); Trichoplusia ni

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LEPIDOPTERA; MATING; NONHUMAN;

TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 0031195096     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(97)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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