Activity evaluation of cocoa pod borer sex pheromone in cacao fields

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 719-724

  Zhang, Aijun ^a   Kuang, Lip Foo ^b   Maisin, Navies ^c   Karumuru, Bhanu ^d   Hall, David R ^e   Virdiana, Ike ^f   Lambert, Smilja ^g   Purung, Hussin Bin ^f   Wang, Shifa ^h,i   Hebbar, Prakash ^j  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Teck Guan Regency   (Malaysia)

^c Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^d Bio control Research Laboratories (Pest Control (India) Private Limited)   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^f London Sumatra ^*  (Indonesia)

^g Mars Snackfood Australia   (Australia)

^h VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j MARS INC   (United States)

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Author keywords

(E,Z,Z) and (E,E,Z) 4,6,10 hexadecatrienyl acetates; Conopomorpha cramerella; Field activity; Release rate; Theobroma cacao

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

COCOA; ETHYLENE; EVERGREEN TREE; MOTH; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CACAO; FEMALE; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CACAO; FEMALE; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MOTHS; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SULAWESI; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

CONOPOMORPHA CRAMERELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 46849083510     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[719:AEOCPB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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