Male and female antennal responses in Heliothis virescens and H. subflexa to conspecific and heterospecific sex pheromone compounds

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 256-263

  Groot, Astrid ^a   Gemeno, César ^a,b   Brownie, Cavell ^a   Gould, Fred ^a   Schal, Coby ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electroantennogram; Female autodetection; Heliothis subflexa; Heliothis virescens; Species specificity

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; OLFACTORY CUE; SEX PHEROMONE;

HELIOTHIS SUBFLEXA; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS;

EID: 16844386951     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.2.256     Document Type: Article

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