Sex pheromone of the Spanish population of the beet armyworm Spodoptera exigua

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 778-786

  Acín, Patricia ^a   Rosell, Gloria ^b   Guerrero, Angel ^a   Quero, Carmen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED CHEMISTRY OF CATALONIA IQAC CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beet armyworm; Behavior; Field tests; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Pest control; Pheromone composition; Spodoptera exigua

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATTRACTANT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATERPILLAR; FIELD METHOD; FLIGHT; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEX PHEROMONE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WIND TUNNEL;

ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPODOPTERA;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FEMALE; MALE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPODOPTERA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 77954242290     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9817-z     Document Type: Article

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