Geranial: The alarm pheromone in the nymphal stage of the oribatid mite, Nothrus palustris

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1831-1837

  Shimano, Satoshi ^a,b   Sakata, Tomoyo ^c   Mizutani, Yoshikatsu ^a   Kuwahara, Yasumasa ^c   Aoki, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alarm pheromone; Geranial; Nothrus palustris; Opisthonotal gland; Oribatid mites

Indexed keywords

CITRAL; PHEROMONE; TERPENE;

ALARM SIGNAL; MITE; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; MITE; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOMERISM; LARVA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; NYMPH; TIME;

ACARI; INVERTEBRATA; NOTHRIDAE; NOTHRUS PALUSTRIS; ORIBATIDA;

ANIMALS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOMERISM; LARVA; MITES; MONOTERPENES; NYMPH; PHEROMONES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036756484     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020517319363     Document Type: Article

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