Flight activity and further evidence for a female-produced sex pheromone of the apple leaf midge, Dasineura mali, in Nova Scotia

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-102

  Heath, Jeremy J ^a,d   Zhang, Aijun ^b   Roelofs, Wendell L ^c   Smith, Robert F ^a  

^a Agriculture and Agri Food Canada Kentville   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DASINEURA MALI;

EID: 25144460598     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2005)012[0093:FAAFEF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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