Methyl 2-(methylthio)benzoate: The unique sulfur-containing sex pheromone of Phyllophaga crinita

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 517-520

  Robbins, P S ^a   Crocker, R L ^b   Nojima, S ^a   Morris, B D ^a,c   Roelofs, W L ^a   Villani, M G ^a  

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

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHYL 2 (METHYLTHIO)BENZOATE; SEX PHEROMONE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEETLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; INSECT SOCIETY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BENZOATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LARVA; MALE; PHEROMONES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SULFIDES; SULFUR;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; MELOLONTHINAE; PHYLLOPHAGA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0345375513     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-003-0469-5     Document Type: Article

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