Response of plum curculio (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to odor-baited traps near woods

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1386-1397

  Piñero, Jaime C ^a   Wright, Starker E ^a   Prokopy, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation pheromone; Conotrachelus nenuphar; Fruit volatiles; Monitoring traps; Plum curculio

Indexed keywords

INSECT ATTRACTANTS; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; APPLE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PRUNUS; SEASON; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; TIME; WEATHER; WOOD;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; MALUS; ODORS; PHEROMONES; PRUNUS; SEASONS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER; WOOD;

EID: 0035751015     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.6.1386     Document Type: Article

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