Identification and biosynthetic studies of the hydrocarbon sex pheromone in Utetheisa ornatrix

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1336-1345

  Choi, Man Yeon ^a   Lim, Hangkyo ^b   Park, Kye Chung ^c   Adlof, Richard ^d   Wang, Shifa ^e,f   Zhang, Aijun ^g   Jurenka, Russell ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctiidae; Biosynthesis; Hydrocarbon; Lepidoptera; PBAN; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; SEX PHEROMONE;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HYDROCARBON; MOTH; PEPTIDE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MOTHS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARCTIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; UTETHEISA ORNATRIX;

EID: 34347389744     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9306-1     Document Type: Article

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