Wings and legs are production sites for the desert locust courtship-inhibition pheromone, phenylacetonitrile

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1125-1133

  Seidelmann, Karsten ^a   Weinert, Heike ^a   Ferenz, Hans Jörg ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benzyl cyanide; Biosynthesis; Courtship inhibition pheromone; Cyanide; Dimethoxybenzene; Epidermal cells; Phenylacetonitrile; Phenylalanine; Schistocerca gregaria; Veratrole

Indexed keywords

LOCUST; PHEROMONE;

ACRIDIDAE; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0347627850     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2003.08.005     Document Type: Article

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