Comparative study of pheromone production and response in Swedish and Zimbabwean populations of turnip moth, Agrotis segetum

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 177-196

  Wu, Wenqi ^a   Cottrell, C B ^b   Hansson, Bill S ^a   Löfstedt, Christer ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Kutsaga Research Station Harare   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Agrotis segetum; Common cutworm; Dose response; Field tests; Flight tunnel; Geographical population variation; Receptor neurons; Sex pheromone; Single sensillum recordings; Turnip moth

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOTH; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; ZIMBABWE;

AGROTIS SEGETUM; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0032915349     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020849419193     Document Type: Article

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