Adaptation of a four-arm olfactometer for behavioural bioassays of large beetles

Chemoecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-16

  Saïd, Imen ^a   De La Torre, Rosa Aldana ^b   Morin, Jean Paul ^c   Rochat, Didier ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CENIPALMA   (Colombia)

^c TA 80/02 ^*  (France)

^d INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregation pheromone; Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Four arm olfactometer; Oryctes rhinoceros; Palm beetles; Rhynchophorus palmarum; Scarabaeidae; Strategus aloeus; Volatile delivery system

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DRYOPHTHORINAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ORYCTES RHINOCEROS; RHYNCHOPHORUS PALMARUM; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEUS; STRATEGUS ALOEUS;

EID: 33644774773     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-005-0320-x     Document Type: Article

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