Chemical and chromatic bases for preferential visiting by the cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae, to rape flowers

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1895-1906

  Ômura, Hisashi ^a   Honda, Keiichi ^a   Hayashi, Nanao ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 phenylethanol; Benzaldehyde; Brassica rapa; EAG; Floral scent; Flower volatiles; Phenylacetaldehyde; Phenylacetonitrile; Pieris rapae; Proboscis extension reflex; UV nectar guide

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZALDEHYDE; BENZYL ALCOHOL; BENZYL CYANIDE DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL;

ATTRACTANT; BUTTERFLY; FLOWER VISITING;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOASSAY; BUTTERFLY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSECT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PLANT;

BRASSICA RAPA; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 0032770464     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020990018111     Document Type: Article

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