A comparative study of sex pheromone biosynthesis in two strains of the turnip moth, Agrotis segetum, producing different ratios of sex pheromone components

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 895-900

  Wu, Wenqi ^a   Zhu, Junwei ^a   Millar, Jocelyn ^b   Löfstedt, Christer ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrotis segetum; Deuterium labelled precursors; Pheromone biosynthesis; Ratio regulation

Indexed keywords

5 DECENYL ACETIC ACID; 7 DODECENYL ACETATE; 9 TETRADECENYL ACETIC ACID; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PALMITIC ACID; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GANGLION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MOTH; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; ZIMBABWE;

AGROTIS SEGETUM;

EID: 0031760661     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(98)00063-0     Document Type: Article

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