Sex pheromone of the vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus in Israel: Occurrence of a second component in a mass-reared population

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 977-988

  Zada, A ^a   Dunkelblum, E ^a   Assael, F ^a   Harel, M ^a   Cojocaru, M ^b   Mendel, Z ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

(S) lavandulyl isovalerate; (S) lavandulyl senecioate; Bioassay; Chiral GC analysis; Mass rearing; Planococcus ficus; Sex pheromone; Vine mealybug

Indexed keywords

CYCLODEXTRIN; LAVANDULYL ISOVALERATE; LAVANDULYL SENECIOATE; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; SEX PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHIRALITY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEMIPTERA; HORMONE DETERMINATION; INSECT; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; ISRAEL; MASS REARING; NONHUMAN; PLANOCOCCUS FICUS; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; POTATO; REARING; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SYNTHESIS; VINE MEALYBUG;

ALKENES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ESTERS; FEMALE; HEMIPTERA; MALE; MOVEMENT; PLANTS, EDIBLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

ISRAEL;

ARACHNIDA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PLANOCOCCUS FICUS; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0037387699     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022944119077     Document Type: Article

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