Periodicity of sex pheromone biosynthesis, release and degradation in the lightbrown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana (Walker)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 125-136

  Foster, S P ^a,b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diel changes; Lepidoptera; Pheromone regulation; Pheromone titer; Tortricidae

Indexed keywords

11 TETRADECENYL ACETATE; 11-TETRADECENYL ACETATE; FATTY ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FEMALE; MOTHS; PHEROMONES;

EID: 0034145144     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(200003)43:3<125::AID-ARCH4>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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