Behavioural evidence of methyl-2,6,10-trimethyltridecanoate as a sex pheromone of Euschistus heros (Het., Pentatomidae)

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 335-338

  Borges, M ^a   Mori, K ^a,b   Costa, M L M ^a   Sujii, E R ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUSCHISTUS; EUSCHISTUS HEROS; GRAPHOSOMA LINEATUM; HEROS; PENTATOMIDAE;

EID: 0031715367     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.1998.tb01508.x     Document Type: Article

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