Effect of female age on daily cycle of sexual pheromone emission in gregarious egg parasitoid Anaphes listronoti

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1595-1610

  Cormier, Daniel ^a   Royer, Lucie ^a   Vigneault, Clement ^b   Panneton, Bernard ^b   Boivin, Guy ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaphes listronoti; Daily cycle; Egg parasitoid; Female age; Hymenoptera; Male attraction; Mymaridae; Olfactometer; Sexual pheromone

Indexed keywords

AGE; EGG PARASITOID; PHEROMONE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANAPHES; ANAPHES LISTRONOTI; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MYMARIDAE;

EID: 0031729469     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020860326945     Document Type: Article

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