Cuticular extracts inducing aggregation in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 909-918

  Rivault, C ^a   Cloarec, A ^a   Sreng, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UPR 9024   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregation pheromone; Cuticular extracts; German cockroach

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROMETHANE; METHANOL; PENTANE; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CUTICLE; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

BLATTELLA GERMANICA;

EID: 0032192626     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00062-6     Document Type: Article

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