Olfactory responses of seed wasps Megastigmus pinus Parfitt and Megastigmus rafni Hoffmeyer (Hym., Torymidae) to host-tree odours and some monoterpenes

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 561-567

  Luik, Anne ^a   Ochsner, Peter ^b   Jensen, Thomas S ^b  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST PREFERENCE; OLFACTION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; WASP;

ABIES ALBA; ABIES GRANDIS; ABIES PROCERA; HYMENOPTERA; MEGASTIGMUS PINUS; MEGASTIGMUS RAFNI; TORYMIDAE;

EID: 0032763877     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0418.1999.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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