Aggregation pheromone of Metamasius spinolae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): Chemical analysis and field test

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-57

  Tafoya, Felipe ^a,b   Whalon, Mark E ^c   Vandervoot, Christine ^c   Coombs, Andrea B ^c   Cibrian Tovar, Juan ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE AGUASCALIENTES   (Mexico)

^b Autonomous University of Aguascalientes Centro de Ciencias Basicas   (Mexico)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

2 hydroxy 2 methyl 4 heptanone; 2 methyl 4 heptanone; 6 methyl 2 hepten 4 one; Aggregation pheromone; Cactus weevil; Opuntia

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 4 HEPTANONE; 2-METHYL-4-HEPTANONE; INSECT ATTRACTANTS; INSECT HORMONE; KETONE; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGREGATION PHEROMONE; BEETLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DICOTYLEDON; FIELD METHOD; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PHEROMONE TRAP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; OPUNTIA; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT HORMONES; KETONES; MALE; OPUNTIA; PHEROMONES; WEEVILS;

CACTACEAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; METAMASIUS SPINOLAE; OPUNTIA;

EID: 34047184146     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[53:APOMSC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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