Minor and intermediate components enhance attraction of female mediterranean fruit flies to natural male odor pheromone and its synthetic major components

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2757-2777

  Light, D M ^a   Jang, E B ^b   Binder, R G ^a   Flath, R A ^a   Kint, S ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractant; Ceratitis capitata; Diptera; Flight tunnel; Male odor; Mediterranean fruit fly; Minor components; Multiple choice olfactometer; Pheromone; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FLIGHT; FLY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTOMETER; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PEST CONTROL;

ANIMALIA; CAPITATA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0032733343     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020855625244     Document Type: Article

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