Structure, ratios and patterns of release in the sex pheromone of an aphid, Dysaphis plantaginea

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 4335-4344

  Stewart Jones, Alex ^a   Dewhirst, Sarah Y ^b   Durrant, Lisa ^a   Fitzgerald, Jean D ^c   Hardie, Jim ^d   Hooper, Antony M ^b   Pickett, John A ^b   Poppy, Guy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c EAST MALLING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dysaphis plantaginea; Nepetalactol; Nepetalactone; Oviparae; Periodicity; Pheromone ratios; Rosy apple aphid; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; NEPETALACTOL; NEPETALACTONE; PROTON; PYRONE DERIVATIVE; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DARKNESS; FEMALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SECRETION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; CYCLOPENTANES; DARKNESS; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTONS; PYRONES; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDINAE; DYSAPHIS PLANTAGINEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 38149043617     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.009944     Document Type: Article

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