Real-time analysis of alarm pheromone emission by the pea aphid (acyrthosiphon pisum) under predation

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-81

  Schwartzberg, Ezra G ^a,b   Kunert, Grit ^a,c   Stephan, Claudia ^c   David, Anja ^a   Róse, Ursula S R ^a,d   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^a   Boland, Wilhelm ^a   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

(E) farnesene; Acyrthosiphon pisum; Aphid alarm pheromone; Pea aphid; Znose

Indexed keywords

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; CHRYSOPERLA;

BETA FARNESENE; BETA-FARNESENE; PHEROMONE; SESQUITERPENE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSECT; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; INSECTS; LARVA; PHEROMONES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SESQUITERPENES; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 44449136649     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9397-8     Document Type: Article

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