Responses of tea tussock moth, Euproctis pseudoconspersa, to its pheromone, (R)- 10,14-dimethylpentadecyl isobutyrate, and to the S-enantiomer of its pheromone

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1347-1353

  Zhao, Cheng Hua ^a   Millar, Jocelyn G ^b   Pan, Kun Hui ^c   Cai Sheng, X U ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Yichun Stn Forest Dis Pest Contr ^*  (China)

Author keywords

10,14 dimethylpentadecyl isobutyrate; Euproctis pseudoconspersa; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

EUPROCTIS; EUPROCTIS PSEUDOCONSPERSA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIIDAE;

EID: 0031878657     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021226800132     Document Type: Article

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