Aggregation pheromone of the agave weevil, Scyphophorus acupunctatus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 207-217

  Ruiz Montiel, Cesar ^a   García Coapio, Guadalupe ^a   Rojas, Julio C ^b   Malo, Edi A ^b   Cruz López, Leopoldo ^b   Del Real, Ignacio ^c   González Hernández, Héctor ^a  

^a Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^c Tequila Sauza   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agavaceae; Agave tequilana; Attraction; Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Mass trapping; Rhynchophorinae; Semiochemicals; Tequila

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANGIOSPERM; ANTENNA; BEETLE; OLFACTION; PEST CONTROL; SEMIOCHEMICAL; SEX PHEROMONE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AGAVACEAE; AGAVE; AGAVE TEQUILANA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DRYOPHTHORINAE; HEXAPODA; SCYPHOPHORUS ACUPUNCTATUS;

EID: 43549127286     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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