Pheromone production by male tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) is influenced by diet quality

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1915-1919

  Ming, Qing Lei ^a,b   Lewis, Sara M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

4,8 dimethyldecanal; Aggregation pheromone; SPME; stored products

Indexed keywords

4,8 DIMETHYLDECANAL; 4,8-DIMETHYLDECANAL; ALDEHYDE; PHEROMONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIET; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; TRIBOLIUM;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; DIET; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; ODORS; PHEROMONES; TRIBOLIUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 77957732009     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC10110     Document Type: Article

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