Response of the pollen beetle, Meligethes aeneus, to traps baited with volatiles from oilseed rape, Brassica napus

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1051-1064

  Smart, Lesley E ^a   Blight, Margaret M ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid derivatives; Coleoptera; Fatty acid derivatives; Floral volatiles; Isoprenoids; Isothiocyanates; Meligethes aeneus; Nitidulidae; Nitriles; Pollen beetle; Semiochemicals; Trap

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; BRASSICA; ESSENTIAL OIL; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID; BEETLE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION;

MELIGETHES AENEUS;

EID: 0034054361     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005493100165     Document Type: Article

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