Response of potato aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) to synthetic potato-derived Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) attractant and natural potato odor

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1203-1208

  Narayandas, Girish K ^a   Alyokhin, Andrei V ^a   Alford, Randy ^a   Weber, Donald ^a,b   Dickens, Joseph C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Host odor; Kairomone; Macrosiphum euphorbiae; Olfactometer

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; MACROSIPHUM EUPHORBIAE; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33750477275     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/99.4.1203     Document Type: Article

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