Herbivore-induced emissions of maize volatiles repel the corn leaf aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-142

  Bernasconi, Marco L ^b   Turlings, Ted C J ^b   Ambrosetti, Lara ^a   Bassetti, Paolo ^c   Dorn, Silvia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c Stazioni Federali Ric Agronom C   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

(E) farnesene; Alarm pheromone; Induced plant volatiles; Plant insect interactions; Repellence; Rhopalosiphum maidis; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORY; INDUCED RESPONSE; PLANT DEFENCE; REPELLANT; VOLATILES;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HOMOPTERA; INSECTA; RHOPALOSIPHUM; RHOPALOSIPHUM MAIDIS; STERNORRHYNCHA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031839379     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1998.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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