The effect of atmospheric pheromone concentrations on behavior of lightbrown apple moth in an apple orchard

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2011-2025

  Suckling, D M ^a   Karg, G ^a   Green, S ^a   Gibb, A R ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Behavior; Epiphyas postvittana; Mating disruption; Model; Sex pheromone; Threshold concentration; Tortricidae; Wind

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; POLYETHYLENE;

MATING DISRUPTION; MICROMETEOROLOGY; PEST CONTROL; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FORELIMB; INSECT; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; WIND;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0032853514     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021028621262     Document Type: Article

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