Rapid measure of sex pheromone emission from plastic rope dispensers: Example of utility in sexual communication disruption of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-125

  Mayer, M S ^b   Mitchell, E R ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diamondback moth; Measurement techniques; Models; Plutella xylostella; Sex pheromones: components, emission, half life, rope dispensers

Indexed keywords

PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA;

EID: 0031864113     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02980678     Document Type: Article

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