Response of the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus to its aggregation pheromone under laboratory conditions

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-260

  Poorjavad, Nafiseh ^a   Goldansaz, Seyed Hossein ^a   Avand Faghih, Arman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b IRANIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aggregation pheromone; Ferrugineol; Laboratory bioassay; Olfactometer; Palm pest; Red palm weevil; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DRYOPHTHORINAE; HEXAPODA; RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGINEUS;

EID: 77952067883     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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