Chemical ecology of astigmatid mites LXIX. Neryl formate [3,7-dimethyl-(Z)-2,6-octadienyl formate] as the alarm pheromone of an acarid mite, Histiogaster rotundus Woodring (Acari: Acaridae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 379-385

  Hiraoka, Hiroyuki ^c   Mori, Naoki ^a   Okabe, Kimiko ^b   Nishida, Ritsuo ^c   Kuwahara, Yasumasa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

3,7 dimethyl (z) 2,6 octadienyl formate; Alarm pheromone; Astigmata; Histiogaster rotundus; Neryl formate

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ACARIDAE; ASTIGMATA; HISTIOGASTER;

EID: 0242662534     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2003.379     Document Type: Article

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