Predicting atmospheric concentration of pheromone in treated apple orchards

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-139

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

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

^b University of Kaiserslautern ^*  (New Zealand)

^c Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric concentration; Lagrangian model; Mating disruption; Pheromone; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

AGRICULTURE; AIR TEMPERATURE; APPLE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; HORMONE DETERMINATION;

LEPIDOPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0032935650     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020893201446     Document Type: Article

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