Pheromone-mediated mating disruption :A powerful tool in insect pest management

Outlooks on Pest Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-45

  Sarfraz, Rana M ^a   Evenden, Maya ^a   Keddie, Andrew ^a   Dosdall, Lloyd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Insect resistance; IPM; Mating disruption; Semiochemicals; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33644665376     PISSN: 17431026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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