Aggregation pheromone activity of the female sex pheromone, β-acaridial, in Caloglyphus polyphyllae (Acari: Acaridae)

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1724-1728

  Shimizu, Nobuhiro ^a   Mori, Naoki ^a   Kuwahara, Yasumasa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

acaridial; Aggregation pheromone; Caloglyphus polyphyllae; Mite; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ACARIDAE; CALOGLYPHUS; CALOGLYPHUS POLYPHYLLAE;

ALDEHYDE; BETA ACARIDIAL; BETA-ACARIDIAL; SEX PHEROMONE;

ACARI; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYNTHESIS;

ACARI; ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0035434255     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.1724     Document Type: Article

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