Pheromone-triggered orientation flight of male moths can be disrupted by trifluoromethyl ketones

Chemical Senses

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 473-480

  Bau, J ^a   Martinez D ^a   Renou, M ^b   Guerrero, A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETONE; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FLIGHT; LEPIDOPTERA; MOTH; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PEST CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; INSECT HORMONES; KETONES; MALE; PEST CONTROL; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SPODOPTERA;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; SESAMIA NONAGRIOIDES; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0344994520     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/24.5.473     Document Type: Article

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