Hydrocarbons in the surface wax of eggs and adults of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 447-466

  Nelson, Dennis R ^a   Adams, Terrance S ^a   Fatland, Charlotte L ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Colorado potato beetle; Cuticular surface lipids; Eggs; Hydrocarbons; Insects; Leptinotarsa decemlineata; Mass spectrometry; Methylalkanes

Indexed keywords

13,17,21,25 TETRAMETHYLHEPTATRIACONTANE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; HYDROCARBON; LEUCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAX;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLORADO POTATO BEETLE; EGG; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0037334333     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(02)00262-2     Document Type: Article

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