Sex pheromone gland of the female European corn borer moth, Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae): Ultrastructural and biochemical evidences

Zoological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 501-511

  Ma, Peter W K ^a   Roelofs, Wendel L ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas chromatography; Intersegmental membrane; SEM; TEM

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCRINE GLAND; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MOTH; SECRETION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; EPIDERMIS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTHS; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; PYRALIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036586827     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.501     Document Type: Article

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