Olfactory responses of banana weevil predators to volatiles from banana pseudostem tissue and synthetic pheromone

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1537-1553

  Tinzaara, W ^a,b   Gold, C S ^a   Dicke, M ^c   Van Huis, A ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^b Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute   (Uganda)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggregation pheromone; Cosmopolites sordidus; Curculionidae; Infochemicals; Natural enemies; Olfactometer; Plant volatiles; Prey searching; Synomone

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; PHEROMONE;

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; OLFACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BANANA; BEETLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; OLFACTORY NERVE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MUSA; OILS, VOLATILE; OLFACTORY NERVE; PHEROMONES;

COLEOPTERA; COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS; CURCULIONIDAE; DACTYLOSTERNUM ABDOMINALE; FORMICIDAE; HYDROPHILIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PHEIDOLE MEGACEPHALA;

EID: 21644477328     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-005-5796-x     Document Type: Article

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