Female sex pheromone of Sesamia cretica: Chemical and behavioural evidence for a three-component blend

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-219

  Germinara, Giacinto S ^a   Elgargoti, Abubaker ^a,b   De Cristofaro, Antonio ^a   Rotundo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b Biotechnology Research Centre   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

(Z) 11 hexadecenol; (Z) 9 tetradecenol; (Z) 9 tetradecenyl acetate; Durra stem borer; EAG; Field tests; GC EAD; GC MS; Identification; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CROP PEST; DETECTION METHOD; FIELD METHOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEX PHEROMONE; STEM BORER; TRAPPING; WIND TUNNEL;

LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; SESAMIA CRETICA;

EID: 34447345116     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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