Pheromone-based trapping of west Indian sugarcane weevil in a sugarcane plantation

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1653-1664

  Oehlschlager, Allan C ^a   Gonzalez, Lilliana ^a   Gomez, Manuel ^b   Rodriguez, Carlos ^a   Andrade, Romano ^a  

^a ChemTica Internacional   (Costa Rica)

^b Hacienda Juan Viñas ^*  (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

2 Methyl 4 heptanol; 4 Methyl 5 nonanol; Aggregation pheromone Metamasius hemipterus; Pheromone trapping; Sugarcane; West Indian sugarcane weevil

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 4 HEPTANOL; 2-METHYL-4-HEPTANOL; 4 METHYL 5 NONANOL; 4-METHYL-5-NONANOL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FATTY ALCOHOL; HEPTANOL; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEETLE; PEST CONTROL; PHEROMONE TRAP; PLANTATION; SUGAR CANE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; CROP PROTECTION; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; METAMASIUS HEMIPTERUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SUGARCANE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FATTY ALCOHOLS; HEPTANOL; MALE; PHEROMONES; POACEAE;

ANIMALIA; ARUNDINARIA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; INSECTA; METAMASIUS; METAMASIUS HEMIPTERUS; POACEAE; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0036694582     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019936831696     Document Type: Article

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