Comparative responses of parasitoids to synthetic and plant-extracted nepetalactone component of aphid sex pheromones

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1481-1488

  Glinwood, R T ^a   Du, Y J ^a   Smiley, D W M ^a   Powell, W ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(4aS,7S,7aR) nepetalactone; Aphid parasitoid; Aphid sex pheromone; Kairomone; Stereochemistry; Trap plant; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

LACTONE DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SEX PHEROMONE;

APHID; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CEREAL; ENANTIOMER; NONHUMAN;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS ERVI; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; PRAON; PRAON VOLUCRE;

EID: 0032792694     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020872412891     Document Type: Article

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