Sex pheromone blend discrimination in two races and hybrids of the European corn borer moth, Ostrinia nubilalis

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 212-223

  Linn Jr , Charles E ^a   Young, Maria S ^b   Gendle, Matthew ^b   Glover, Thomas J ^b   Roelofs, Wendell L ^a  

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

^b HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

Blend recognition; Chemical communication; European corn borer; Hierarchical cluster analysis; Hybrid response; Odour discrimination; Ostrinia nubilalis; Sex pheromone; Sustained flight tunnel

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1842414316     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1997.tb01161.x     Document Type: Article

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