Pheromone communication and mating behaviour of coffee white stem borer, Xylotrechus quadripes Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 299-309

  Rhainds, Marc ^a,c   Lan, Chin Chiew ^b   King, Skip ^a   Gries, Regine ^a   Mo, Li Zhen ^b   Gries, Gerhard ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^c New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerambycidae; Coffee white stem borer; Mating behaviour; Pheromone; Xylotrechus quadripes

Indexed keywords

CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; XYLOTRECHUS;

EID: 0035429982     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2001.299     Document Type: Article

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