(Z)-pentacos-12-ene, an oviposition-deterring pheromone of Cheilomenes sexmaculata

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2167-2170

  Klewer, Nico ^a   Růžička, Zdeněk ^b   Schulz, Stefan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Alkenes; Coccinellidae; Coccinelline; Oviposition deterring pheromone; Pentacosene

Indexed keywords

(Z) PENTACOS 12 ENE; (Z)-PENTACOS-12-ENE; ALKENE; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALOID; ALKENE; BEETLE; BIOASSAY; EGG; LARVA; OVIPOSITION; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALKENES; ANIMALS; BEETLES; LARVA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OVIPOSITION; PHEROMONES;

CHEILOMENES SEXMACULATA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 35949004390     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9372-4     Document Type: Article

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