Attraction and Electroantennogram Responses of Male Mediterranean Fruit Fly to Volatile Chemicals from Persea, Litchi and Ficus Wood

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 483-491

  Niogret, Jerome ^a   Montgomery, Wayne S ^a   Kendra, Paul E ^a   Heath, Robert R ^a   Epsky, Nancy D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Copaene; Bioassays; Ceratitis capitata; Diptera; Electroantennography; Ficus benjamina; Litchi chinensis; Persea americana; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

SESQUITERPENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATTRACTANT; BIOASSAY; DICOTYLEDON; FLY; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; AVOCADO; FICUS; LYCHEE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CERATITIS CAPITATA; FICUS; LITCHI; MALE; PERSEA; SESQUITERPENES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; FICUS BENJAMINA; LITCHI CHINENSIS; PERSEA; PERSEA AMERICANA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 79955986091     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-011-9953-0     Document Type: Article

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