Behavioural response of aphids to the alarm pheromone component (E)-β-farnesene in the field

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 307-311

  Xiangyu, Jing Gong ^a,b   Zhang, Feng ^a   Fang, Yu Ling ^a   Wei, Kan ^a   Zhang, Guang Xue ^a   Zhang, Zhong Ning ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

(E) farnesene; Alarm pheromone; Aphids; Host plant; Myrmecophilous

Indexed keywords

APHID; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HOST PLANT; PHEROMONE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

APHIDIDAE; CALLAPHIDIDAE; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; LACHNIDAE;

EID: 0036945291     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2002.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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