Behaviour of pink bollworm males near high-dose, point sources of pheromone in field wind tunnels: Insights into mechanisms of mating disruption

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-46

  Cardé, Ring T ^a   Staten, Robert T ^b   Mafra Neto, Agenor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attraction; Cotton; Gelechiidae; Lepidoptera; Pectinophora gossypiella; Pheromone; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; MOTH; PHEROMONE;

GELECHIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PECTINOPHORA GOSSYPIELLA;

EID: 0032434416     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1998.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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