The femoral setiferous glands of Tribolium castaneum males and production of the pheromone 4,8-dimethyldecanal

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 313-317

  Bloch Qazi, Margaret C ^a   Boake, Christine R B ^b,c   Lewis, Sara M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pheromone; Sexual dimorphism; Stored products insect; Tribolium

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 0032421114     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1998.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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