Identification of the gland secreting oviposition-deterring pheromone in the cabbage seed weevil, Ceutorhynchus assimilis, and the mechanism of pheromone deposition

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 687-699

  Ferguson, A W ^a   Solinas, M ^b   Ziesmann, J ^a   Isidoro, N ^b   Williams, I H ^a   Scubla, P ^b   Mudd, A ^a   Clark, S J ^a   Wadhams, L J ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Electrophysiology; Oviposition deterring pheromone; Pheromone gland; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; EGG LAYING; NONHUMAN; OVARY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VEGETABLE;

CEUTORHYNCHUS ASSIMILIS;

EID: 0032975706     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00046-3     Document Type: Article

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