Novel antifeedant and insecticidal compounds from avocado idioblast cell oil

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 867-889

  Rodriguez Saona, Cesar ^a   Millar, Jocelyn G ^a   Maynard, David F ^b   Trumble, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2 (heptadecyl)furan; 2 (pentadecyl)furan; Avocado; Avocadofuran; Idioblast cells; Perseaamericana; Spodopteraexigua; Triolein

Indexed keywords

ANTIFEEDANT; AVOCADO; HERBIVORE; INSECT; PLANT EXTRACT; TOXICITY;

INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; PERSEA; PERSEA AMERICANA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 0031748098     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022325601724     Document Type: Article

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