Alarm pheromone mediates production of winged dispersal morphs in aphids

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 596-603

  Kunert, Grit ^a   Otto, Susanne ^a   Röse, Ursula S R ^b   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^b   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

(E) farnesene; Alarm pheromone; Multitrophic interaction; Pea aphid; Wing induction

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; APHID; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; PHEROMONE; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; INSECTA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 20444370266     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00754.x     Document Type: Article

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