Responses of Sitophilus oryzae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Tribolium confusum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) to traps baited with pheromones and food volatiles

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 371-378

  Athanassiou, Christos G ^a   Kavallieratos, Nickolas G ^b   Trematerra, Pasquale ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food volatiles; Pheromone; Sitophilus oryzae; Stored product beetles; Traps; Tribolium confusum

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; PHEROMONE; PLANT; SEED;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; SITOPHILUS ORYZAE; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CONFUSUM;

EID: 33744482286     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2006.050     Document Type: Article

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