Olfactory behavior and electroantennographic responses of the cocoa beetle, Steirastoma breve (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-122

  Liendo, Carmen ^a   Morillo, Franklin ^b   Sánchez, Pedro ^b   Muñoz, Wilfredo ^b   Guerra, Jerónimo ^b   Cabrera, Aivlé ^a   Hernández, José V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRÍCOLAS INIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cocoa; Electroantennography; Ethological control; Kairomone; Pheromone; Theobroma cacao

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; OLFACTION; PHEROMONE;

CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 22444441819     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2005)088[0117:OBAERO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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