Olfactory responses of two species of grasshoppers to plant odours

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-134

  Chen, H H ^a   Kang, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Acrididae; Angaracris barabensis; Electroantennogram (EAG); Grasshoppers; Oedaleus decorus asiaticus; Olfaction; Orthoptera; Plant odours

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; GRASSHOPPER; OLFACTORY CUE; PLANT EXTRACT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACRIDIDAE; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ALLIUM SENESCENS; ANGARACRIS BARABENSIS; LILIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; OEDALEUS; OEDALEUS DECORUS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0034111032     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2000.00650.x     Document Type: Article

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