Behavioural and electrophysiological response of sorghum chafer Pachnoda interrupta (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) to plant compounds

International Journal of Tropical Insect Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 53-61

  Wolde Hawariat, Yitbarek ^a,b   Seyoum, Emiru ^a   Jembere, Bekele ^a   Negash, Merid ^a   Hansson, Bill S ^b,c   Hillbur, Ylva ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Dispenser type; Pachnoda interrupta; Plant compounds; Scarabaeidae; Sorghum chafer; Trap design; Trap location

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PACHNODA; POPILLIA JAPONICA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 34848905706     PISSN: 17427584     EISSN: 17427592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742758407780852     Document Type: Article

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