Identification of two sex pheromone components of the potato aphid, Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 819-834

  Goldansaz, Seyed H ^a,c   Dewhirst, Sarah ^b   Birkett, Michael A ^b   Hooper, Antony M ^b   Smiley, Diane W M ^e   Pickett, John A ^b   Wadhams, Lester ^b   McNeil, Jeremy N ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e NONE

Author keywords

(1R,4aS,7S,7aR) nepetalactol; (4aS,7S,7aR) nepetalactone; Calling female; Macrosiphum euphorbiae; Potato aphid; Sex pheromone; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

ALPHA METHOXY ALPHA(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYLACETYL CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE; NEPETALACTOL; NEPETALACTONE; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APHID; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; SEX PHEROMONE;

AIR; AIR ANALYSIS; APHID; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; DIASTEREOISOMER; FEMALE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFESTATION; INJECTION; LABORATORY; MACROSIPHUM EUPHORBIAE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLANT; POTATO; SAMPLE; STANDARD; STEREOCHEMISTRY; WIND;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; CYCLOPENTANES; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PYRONES; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APHIDIDAE; MACROSIPHUM EUPHORBIAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 3543041306     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000028434.19319.b4     Document Type: Article

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