Oviposition response of spruce budworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) to aliphatic carboxylic acids

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 164-170

  Grant, G G ^a   Zhao, B ^a,b   Langevin, D ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carboxylic acids; Choristoneura fumiferana; Electroantennogram; Epicuticular wax; Oviposition deterrent; Oviposition preference

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; MOTH; OVIPOSITION;

ABIES; LEPIDOPTERA; PICEA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 0033868089     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/29.2.164     Document Type: Article

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