Female sexual response to male rectal volatile constituents in the fruit fly, Bactrocera carambolae (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 365-372

  Wee, Suk Ling ^a,c   Tan, Keng Hong ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b Tan Hak Heng Co   (Malaysia)

^c THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

6 oxo 1 nonanol; Bactrocera carambolae; Male rectal gland; N 3 methylbutyl acetamide; Sexual response

Indexed keywords

BACTROCERA CARAMBOLAE; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 25444523233     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2005.365     Document Type: Article

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