Electrophysiological responses of the lepidopterous stemborers Chilo partellus and Busseola fusca to volatiles from wild and cultivated host plants

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2475-2487

  Birkett, M A ^a   Chamberlain, K ^a   Khan, Z R ^b   Pickett, J A ^a   Toshova, T ^c   Wadhams, L J ^a   Woodcock, C M ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; GC MS; Host location; Maize; Push pull; Sorghum; Stemborer; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

GRASS; HOST PLANT; MAIZE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SORGHUM; STEM BORER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; LEPIDOPTERA; MAIZE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SORGHUM; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEPIDOPTERA; POACEAE; SORGHUM; VOLATILIZATION; ZEA MAYS;

BUSSEOLA FUSCA; CHILO PARTELLUS; HYPARRHENIA TAMBA; LEPIDOPTERA; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM; SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33751111680     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9165-1     Document Type: Article

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