Attractiveness of methyl anthranilate and its related compounds to the flower thrips, Thrips hawaiiensis (Morgan), T. coloratus Schmutz, T. flavus Schrank and Megalurothrips distalis (Karny) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 475-478

  Imai, Toshihiro ^a   Maekawa, Michihide ^a   Murai, Tamotsu ^a,b  

^a JAPAN TOBACCO INC   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attractant; Floral scent; Flower thrips; Methyl anthranilate; Thripidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035541409     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2001.475     Document Type: Article

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