Responses of nymphs of desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria to volatiles of plants used as rearing diet

Chemoecology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 172-178

  Njagi, Peter George N ^a   Torto, Baldwyn ^a  

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

Author keywords

Acrididae; Cruciferae; Electroantennogram; Gramineae; Green leaf volatiles; Learning behaviour; Olfactometer; Orthoptera; Schistocerca gregaria; Zygophyllaceae

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349097910     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01266309     Document Type: Article

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