Evidence for a female-produced sex pheromone in the apple leaf midge, Dasineura mall (Kieffer) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-110

  Heath, Jeremy J ^a   Gaul, Sonia O ^a   Nash, Dennis M ^a   Smith, Robert F ^a   Kukal, Olga ^b  

^a Agriculture and Agri Food Canada Kentville   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

DASINEURA MALL;

EID: 0031746013     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/ent130109-1     Document Type: Article

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