Cuticular hydrocarbons of the sunflower beetle, Zygogramma exclamationis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-284

  Nelson, Dennis R ^a   Charlet, Laurence D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eggs; Females; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Insects; Larvae; Males; Methylalkanes; Surface lipids

Indexed keywords

13,17,21 TRIMETHYLNONATRIACONTANE; 2 METHYLOCTACOSANE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; ESTER DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; LIPID; NONACOSANE; TRIMETHYLTRIPENTACONTANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LARVA; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNFLOWER; ZYGOGRAMMA EXCLAMATIONIS;

COLEOPTERA; HELIANTHUS; HEXAPODA; ZYGOGRAMMA;

EID: 0037566148     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00080-0     Document Type: Article

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