Identification of (+)-acoradiene as an aggregation pheromone for Gnatocerus cornutus (F.) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 99-106

  Tebayashi, S ^a   Hirai, N ^a   Suzuki, T ^a   Matsuyama, S ^a   Nakakita, H ^b   Nemoto, T ^c   Nakanishi, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoradiene; Aggregation pheromone; Broad horned flour beetle; Gnatocerus cornutus; Tenebrionidae

Indexed keywords

GNATOCERUS CORNUTUS;

EID: 0032051787     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-474X(98)00004-6     Document Type: Article

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