Chemical stimuli supporting foraging behaviour of Coccinella septempunctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): volatiles and allelobiosis

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-321

  Pettersson, Jan ^a   Ninkovic, Velemir ^a   Glinwood, Robert ^a   Al Abassi, Sate ^a   Birkett, Michael ^b   Pickett, John ^b   Wadhams, Lester ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allelobiosis; Aphids; Habitat preferences; Ladybirds; Semiochemicals

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS;

EID: 57049096511     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2008.315     Document Type: Short Survey

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