Oviposition responses of Culex pipiens to a synthetic racemic Culex quinquefasciatus oviposition aggregation pheromone

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 5225-5229

  Michaelakis, Antonios ^a,b   Mihou, Anastasia P ^a,b   Couladouros, Elias A ^a,b   Zounos, Athanasios K ^c   Koliopoulos, George ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c Ministry of Rural Development and Food   (Greece)

^d BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

6 acetoxy 5 hexadecanolide; Culex pipiens biotype molestus; Mosquito; Oviposition; Pheromone; Racemic synthesis

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; PHYSIOLOGY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CULEX; OVIPOSITION; PHEROMONES; STEREOISOMERISM;

CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

EID: 22244483748     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0504871     Document Type: Article

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