Concentration-dependent parsimonious releaser roles of gregarious male pheromone of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 162-168

  Rono, Edwin ^a   Njagi, Peter G N ^a   Bashir, Magzoub O ^b   Hassanali, Ahmed ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b ICIPE Field Station   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Desert locust; Male male avoidance; Pheromone parsimony; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE DERIVATIVE; BENZYL CYANIDE; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LOCUST; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GRASSHOPPER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ACETONITRILES; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHEROMONES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 38149128057     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.08.013     Document Type: Article

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