Identification and synthesis of volicitin and related components from beet armyworm oral secretions

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 203-220

  Alborn, H T ^a   Jones, T H ^b   Stenhagen, G S ^c   Tumlinson, J H ^a  

^a FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

17 hydroxylinoleic acid; 17 hydroxylinolenic acid; Elicitors; Glutamine conjugates; Identification; Isolation; Linoleic acid; Linolenic acid; Spodoptera exigua Hubner; Synthesis; Volicitin; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT; VOLICITIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORN; EXTRACTION; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; SECRETION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033962128     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005401814122     Document Type: Article

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