Contact sex pheromone components of the cowpea weevil, Callosobruchus maculatus

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 923-933

  Nojima, Satoshi ^a,b   Shimomura, Kenji ^a   Honda, Hiroshi ^a   Yamamoto, Izuru ^a   Ohsawa, Kanju ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2,6 Dimethyloctane 1,8 dioic acid; Bruchidae; Callosobruchus maculatus; Coleoptera; Cowpea weevil; Female contact sex pheromone; Hydrocarbon; Nonanedioic acid

Indexed keywords

2,6 DIMETHYLOCTANE 1,8 DIOIC ACID; 2,6-DIMETHYLOCTANE-1,8-DIOIC ACID; AZELAIC ACID; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; HYDROCARBON; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEETLE; BIOASSAY; COPULATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBON; LEGUME; MALE BEHAVIOR; ORGANIC ACID; PEST SPECIES; SEX PHEROMONE; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; WEEVILS;

BRUCHINAE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 34249938684     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9266-5     Document Type: Article

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