4-methylquinazoline is a minor component of the male sex pheromone in Nasonia vitripennis

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-102

  Ruther, Joachim ^a   Steiner, Sven ^a   Garbe, Leif Alexander ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

4 methylquinazoline; Nasonia vitripennis; Parasitoid; Pteromalidae; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; PTEROMALIDAE;

LACTONE; QUINAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WASP;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LACTONES; MALE; ODORS; QUINAZOLINES; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; WASPS;

EID: 44449155981     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9411-1     Document Type: Article

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