Electrophysiological and behavioural identification of host kairomones as olfactory cues for Culicoides impunctatus and C. nubeculosus

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 6-16

  Bhasin, A ^a,b   Mordue, A J ^a   Mordue, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Culicoides impunctatus; Culicoides nubeculosus; Electroantennogram; Host seeking behaviour; Kairomone; Olfactant

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; KAIROMONE; OLFACTORY CUE;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES IMPUNCTATUS; CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; DIPTERA;

EID: 0034021359     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2000.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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