Volicitin, an elicitor of maize volatiles in oral secretion of Spodoptera exigua: Isolation and bioactivity

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 189-202

  Turlings, Ted C J ^a,b   Alborn, Hans T ^a   Loughrin, John H ^a,c   Tumlinson, James H ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elicitor; Induced plant volatiles; Microplitis croceipes; Parasitoid attractants; Spodoptera exigua; Volicitin; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT; VOLICITIN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; SECRETION;

MICROPLITIS CROCEIPES; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 0033974540     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005449730052     Document Type: Article

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