Evidence for four-component close-range sex pheromone in the parasitic wasp Glyptapanteles flavicoxis

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1539-1554

  Danci, Adela ^a   Gries, Regine ^a   Schaefer, Paul W ^b   Gries, Gerhard ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b USDA ARS   (United States)

Author keywords

Braconidae; Close range sex pheromone; Glyptapanteles flavicoxis; Hymenoptera; Lymantria dispar; Parasitoid; Wing fanning

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; CHEMORECEPTION; EGG PARASITOID; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE ATTRACTION; SEX PHEROMONE; WASP;

BRACONIDAE; GLYPTAPANTELES FLAVICOXIS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; VESPOIDEA;

SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WASP;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; MALE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; WASPS;

EID: 33846913695     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9068-1     Document Type: Article

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