Recent advances in methyl eugenol and cue-lure technologies for fruit fly detection, monitoring, and control in hawaii

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 83, Issue C, 2010, Pages 575-595

  Vargas, Roger I ^a   Shelly, Todd E ^b   Leblanc, Luc ^c   Piñero, Jaime C ^c,d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (P ACETOXYPHENYL) 2 BUTANONE; 4-(P-ACETOXYPHENYL)-2-BUTANONE; ALKANONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EUGENOL; INSECTICIDE; METHYLEUGENOL; PESTICIDE; PHEROMONE; RASPBERRY KETONE;

ANIMAL; BOOK; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; METABOLISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEPHRITIDAE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BUTANONES; DROSOPHILA; EUGENOL; FEMALE; HAWAII; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; MALE; PESTICIDE SYNERGISTS; PHEROMONES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 77956438395     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(10)83023-7     Document Type: Book

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