Field trapping of tomato moth, Tuta absoluta with pheromone traps

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 875-881

  Michereff Filho, Miguel ^a   Vilela, Evaldo F ^a   Attygalle, Athula B ^b   Meinwald, Jerrold ^b   Svatoš, Aleš ^c   Jham, Gulab N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Field trapping; Gelechiidae; Lepidoptera; Pheromone; Scrobipalpuloides absoluta; South American tomato moth; Tuta absoluta

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034058944     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005452023847     Document Type: Article

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