Field trials with the synthetic sex pheromone of the oak processionary moth: Thaumetopoea processionea

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2461-2468

  Breuer, Michael ^a   Kontzog, Hans Günter ^b   Guerrero, Angel ^c   Camps, Francisco ^c   De Loof, Arnold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Department Forest Protection ^*  (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Field trials; Lepidoptera; Oak processionary moth; Pheromone traps; Sex pheromone; Thaumetopoea processionea; Thaumetopoeidae

Indexed keywords

DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEX PHEROMONE;

MOTH; PEST CONTROL; PHEROMONE TRAP; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOMERISM; MOTH; NONHUMAN; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; STEREOMETRY;

ACETATES; ALKADIENES; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSECT CONTROL; MOTHS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; STEREOISOMERISM;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; QUERCUS; THAUMETOPOEA; THAUMETOPOEIDAE;

EID: 0345327582     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026353816979     Document Type: Article

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