The relation between structures and toxicity of oxygenated aliphatic compounds homologous to the insecticide octanoic acid and the chemotaxis of two species of Drosophila

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 90-101

  Legal, Luc ^a   Moulin, Bruno ^a   Jallon, Jean Marc ^a  

^a INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohols and aldehydes; Alkanoic acids; Chemotaxis; Drosophila melanogaster; Drosophila sechellia; Morinda citrifolia; Oviposition; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SECHELLIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA;

EID: 0032744197     PISSN: 00483575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pest.1999.2430     Document Type: Article

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