Nonfruiting host tree volatile blends: Novel attractants for the plum curculio (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 785-793

  Leskey, Tracy C ^a   Zhang, Aijun ^b   Herzog, Matthew ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractants; Conotrachelus nenuphar; Pheromone; Plum curculio; Weevil

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; HOST PLANT; ORCHARD; PHEROMONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

COLEOPTERA; CONOTRACHELUS NENUPHAR; CURCULIONIDAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 23444447826     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.4.785     Document Type: Article

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