Exploitation of a woody host plant and cerambycid-associated volatiles as host-finding cues by the larger grain borer (coleoptera: bostrichidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 741-747

  Borgemeister, Christian ^a,b   Goergen, Georg ^a   Tchabi, Atti ^a,c   Awande, Symphorien ^a   Markham, Richard H ^a   Scholz, Dagmar ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

Author keywords

Cerambycidae; Host finding behavior; Olfactometer; Prostephanus truncatus; Teretriosoma nigrescens; Twig girdling

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; HOST LOCATION; OLFACTION;

BENIN;

BOSTRICHIDAE; COLEOPTERA; LANNEA NIGRITIANA; PROSTEPHANUS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0032442507     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/91.5.741     Document Type: Article

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