Pepper weevil attraction to volatiles from host and nonhost plants

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 216-224

  Addesso, Karla M ^a   McAuslane, Heather J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthonomus eugenii; Capsicum annuum; Host plant volatiles; Solanum americanum; Solarium mehngena

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

BEETLE; BIOASSAY; DISPERSAL; FRUIT; HOST PLANT; HOST PREFERENCE; OVIPOSITION; PHEROMONE; SEXUAL MATURITY; VISUAL CUE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; PEPPER; PHYSIOLOGY; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAPSICUM; FEMALE; MALE; OILS, VOLATILE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT OILS; WEEVILS;

ANTHONOMUS EUGENII; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHASEOLUS LUNATUS; SOLANUM; SOLANUM AMERICANUM; SOLANUM MELONGENA; SOLANUM NIGRUM; SOLARIUM;

EID: 61849090217     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0127     Document Type: Article

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