Sex Pheromone Biosynthesis in the Tortricid Moth Planotortrix excessana (Walker) Involves Chain-Shortening of Palmitoleate and Oleate

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 158-167

  Foster, Stephen P ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Desaturase; Fatty acids; Lepidoptera; PBAN; Tortricidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346543872     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1998)37:2<158::AID-ARCH4>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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