Novel diterpenoids and hydrocarbons in the Dufour gland of the ectoparasitoid Habrobracon hebetor (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 95-109

  Howard, Ralph W ^a   Baker, James E ^a   Morgan, E David ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diterpenes; Dufour gland; Ectoparasitoids; Homo diterpene alcohols; Homo diterpenes; Hydrocarbons; Semiochemistry; Venom apparatus

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; HABROBRACON HEBETOR; HOMO; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

DITERPENE; HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HYMENOPTERA;

ANIMALS; DITERPENES; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0642278033     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.10104     Document Type: Article

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