Sexual dimorphism in the olfactory orientation of adult Cydia pomonella in response to α-farnesene

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-72

  Hern, Alan ^a   Dorn, Silvia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cydia pomonella; Dose response; Host plant finding; Mating status; Sexual dimorphism; farnesene

Indexed keywords

OLFACTION; ORIENTATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ANIMALIA; CYDIA POMONELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 0032854926     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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