Acetate esters of saturated and unsaturated alcohols (C12-C 20) are major components in Dufour glands of Bracon cephi and Bracon lissogaster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), parasitoids of the wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus (Hymenoptera: Cephidae)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 757-769

  Baker, James ^a,c   Howard, Ralph ^a   Morrill, Wendell ^b   Meers, Scott ^b   Weaver, David ^b  

^a GRAIN MARKETING AND PRODUCTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetate esters; Alkenes; Braconidae; Dufour gland; Hydrocarbons; Parasitoid; Semiochemicals

Indexed keywords

ALKENE;

BRACON CEPHI; BRACON LISSOGASTER; BRACONIDAE; CEPHIDAE; CEPHUS CINCTUS; HYMENOPTERA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 20444475408     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2004.12.025     Document Type: Article

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