The male abdominal glands of Leucophaea maderae: Chemical identification of the volatile secretion and sex pheromone function

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 405-415

  Farine, Jean Pierre ^a   Sirugue, Daniel ^a   Abed Vieillard, Dehbia ^a   Everaerts, Claude ^a   Le Quéré, Jean Luc ^b   Bonnard, Odile ^a   Brossut, Remy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

Author keywords

(2,3) Butanediol; (E) 2 Octenoic acid; 3 Methyl 2 butenoic acid; Blaberidae; Cockroach; Dictyoptera; Hydroxy 3 butan 2 one; Leucophaea maderae; Senecioic acid; Sex pheromone; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

COCKROACH; CONSPECIFIC; SECRETION; SEX PHEROMONE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COCKROACH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCENT GLAND; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALS; COCKROACHES; FEMALE; MALE; SCENT GLANDS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; VOLATILIZATION;

BLABERIDAE; BLATTARIA; DICTYOPTERA; LEUCOPHAEA MADERAE;

EID: 33846440863     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9224-7     Document Type: Article

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