Green leaf volatile-detecting olfactory receptor neurones display very high sensitivity and specificity in a scarab beetle

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-126

  Hansson, Bill S ^a   Larsson, Mattias C ^a,b   Leal, Walter S ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Host plant odour; Olfactory receptor neurone; Phyllopertha diversa; Sex pheromone; Single sensillum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032905878     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.1999.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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