(R)-acetoin-female sex pheromone of the summer chafer Amphimallon solstitiale (L.)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1045-1050

  Tolasch, Till ^a   Sölter, Susanne ^a   Tóth, Miklós ^b   Ruther, Joachim ^c   Francke, Wittko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphimallon solstitiale; Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Melolonthinae sex pheromone (R) acetoin (2R,3R) butanediol meso 2,3 butanediol; Summer chafer

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE; 2,3 BUTANEDIOL; ACETOIN; SEX PHEROMONE;

BEETLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; SEX PHEROMONE;

AMPHIMALLON SOLSTITIALE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROANTENNOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FIELD BIOASSAY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; VOLATILIZATION;

ACETOIN; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; MOVEMENT; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

AMPHIMALLON; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MELOLONTHINAE; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0242668390     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022992516854     Document Type: Article

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