Male-produced aggregation pheromone of Colopterus truncatus: Structure, electrophysiological, and behavioral activity

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1735-1748

  Cossé, Allard A ^a   Bartelt, Robert J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

(2E,4E,6E) 4,6 dimethyl 2,4,6 nonatriene; Aggregation pheromone; Behavior; Coleoptera; Colopterus truncatus Randall; Coupled gas chromatography electroantennography (GC EAG); Nitidulidae; Sap beetle

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

AGGREGATION PHEROMONE; BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLEOPTERA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN;

COLEOPTERA; COLOPTERUS TRUNCATUS; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 0033912724     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005551232335     Document Type: Article

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