Identification of pheromone synergists in American Palm weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum, and attraction of related Dynamis borassi

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 155-187

  Rochat, Didier ^a   Meillour, Patricia Nagnan Le ^a   Esteban Duran, José Rafael ^b   Malosse, Christian ^a   Perthuis, Bernard ^c   Morin, Jean Paul ^a,c   Descoins, Charles ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Curculionidae; EAG; Field trapping; GC MS; Olfactometry; Pheromone synergist; Plant kairomone; Rhynchophorus; Volatile collection

Indexed keywords

2 HEXANONE; 2,3 BUTANEDIOL; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETOIN; ACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BUTANOL; DECANOIC ACID; GUAIACOL; HEPTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ISOPENTYL ALCOHOL; MENTHONE; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; PHEROMONE; PLANT EXTRACT; RHYNCHOPHOROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCONUT; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTOMETER; PLANT; TREE;

DYNAMIS BORASSI; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; JACARATIA DIGITATA; RHYNCHOPHORUS PALMARUM;

EID: 0343415617     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005497613214     Document Type: Article

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