Sex pheromone of the scarab beetle Phyllophaga (Phytalus) georgiana (Horn)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 336-341

  Robbins, Paul S ^a   Nojima, Satoshi ^a,b   Polavarapu, Sridhar ^c   Koppenhöfer, Albrecht M ^d   Rodriguez Saona, Cesar ^c   Holdcraft, Robert J ^c   Consolie, Nancy H ^e   Peck, Daniel C ^a   Roelofs, Wendell L ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranberries; L Isoleucine methyl ester; L Valine methyl ester; Melolonthinae; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; SEX PHEROMONE; VALINE; VALINE METHYL ESTER;

BEETLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; STEREOISOMERISM;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEASONS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; STEREOISOMERISM; VALINE;

COLEOPTERA; MELOLONTHINAE; PHYLLOPHAGA; PHYLLOPHAGA ANXIA; PHYLLOPHAGA GEORGIANA; SCARABAEIDAE; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 62549093073     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-009-9593-9     Document Type: Article

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