Production and predator-induced release of volatile chemicals by the plant bug Lygus hesperus

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2205-2218

  Byers, John A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

(E) 2 hexenyl butyrate; (E) 4 oxo 2 hexenal; Defensive secretion; Formicidae; Heteroptera; Hexyl butyrate; Hymenoptera; Initial discharge percentage; Lygus hesperus; Miridae; Pogonomyrmex rugosus; Solenopsis xyloni

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HETEROPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LYGUS HESPERUS; LYGUS LINEOLARIS; MIRIDAE; POGONOMYRMEX RUGOSUS; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS XYLONI;

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HETEROPTERA; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; VOLATILIZATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HETEROPTERA; MALE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 36549035078     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9140-x     Document Type: Article

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