Determination of the relative and absolute configurations of the female-produced sex pheromone of the cerambycid beetle Prionus californicus

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 114-124

  Rodstein, Joshua ^a   Millar, Jocelyn G ^a   Barbour, James D ^b   McElfresh, J Steven ^a   Wright, Ian M ^a   Barbour, Karen S ^b   Ray, Ann M ^c,d   Hanks, Lawrence M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

(3R,5S) dimethyldodecanoic acid; Cerambycidae; Prioninae; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; BEETLE; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INHIBITION; SEX PHEROMONE;

CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; PRIONINAE; PRIONUS CALIFORNICUS;

EID: 79251542986     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9890-3     Document Type: Article

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