Laboratory bioassays of vegetable oils as kairomonal phagostimulants for grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1856-1866

  Latchininsky, Alexandre V ^a   Schell, Scott P ^a   Lockwood, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractants; Fatty acids; Grasshopper control; Phagostimulants; Vegetable oils

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ATTRACTANT; BIOASSAY; FATTY ACID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRASSHOPPER; KAIROMONE; LABORATORY METHOD; OLFACTION; PEST CONTROL; VEGETABLE OIL; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRASSHOPPER; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRASSHOPPERS; NYMPH; PHEROMONES; PLANT OILS;

ACRIDIDAE; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; GLYCINE MAX; HELIANTHUS; HEXAPODA; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; ORTHOPTERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 35348883671     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9357-3     Document Type: Article

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