Specificity of response to sex pheromones among sweetpotato weevils, Cylas puncticollis and C. brunneus

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 591-609

  Downham, M C A ^a   Smit, N E J M ^b   Laboke, P O ^c   Hall, D R ^a   Farman, D I ^a   Braun, A ^d,e   Odongo, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b International Potato Center CIP   (Uganda)

^c Namulonge Agricultural and Animal Production Research Institute Uganda   (Uganda)

^d International Potato Center Bogor   (Indonesia)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Cylas brunneus; Cylas formicarius; Cylas puncticollis; Indonesia.; Ipomoea batatas; Pheromone trap; Sweetpotato weevils; Uganda

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; SEX PHEROMONE;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; PHEROMONE; TRAPPING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEEDING; INSECT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MATING; NONHUMAN; POTATO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; CYLAS BRUNNEUS; CYLAS FORMICARIUS; CYLAS PUNCTICOLLIS; FORMICARIUS; INSECTA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0032993407     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020910121861     Document Type: Article

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