L-leucine methyl ester: The female-produced sex pheromone of the scarab beetle, Phyllophaga lanceolata

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2439-2446

  Nojima, Satoshi ^a   Robbins, Paul S ^a   Salsbury, Glenn A ^b   Morris, Bruce D ^a,c   Roelofs, Wendell L ^a   Villani, Michael G ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b Kansas Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroantennogram; L isoleucine; L leucine methyl ester; L Valine; Melolonthinae; Scarabaeidae; Sex pheromone; Squamipilosa; Tostegoptera

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LEUCINE METHYL ESTER; SEX PHEROMONE; VALINE;

BEETLE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; COLORADO POTATO BEETLE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; NONHUMAN; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEMALE; LEUCINE; MALE; MOVEMENT; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LANCEOLATA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; MELOLONTHINAE; PHYLLOPHAGA; SCARABAEIDAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0344583753     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026349716070     Document Type: Article

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