Pheromones in relation to aggregation and reproduction in desert locusts

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-18

  Ferenz, Hans Jörg ^a   Seidelmann, Karsten ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Courtship inhibition; Maturation acceleration; Oviposition; Phenylacetonitrile; Pheromones; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LOCUST; OVIPOSITION; PHEROMONE; REPRODUCTION;

ACRIDIDAE; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; INVERTEBRATA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0037354219     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2003.00318.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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