New Sex Pheromone Blend for the Lightbrown Apple Moth, Epiphyas postvittana

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 640-646

  El Sayed, Ashraf M ^a   Mitchell, Vanessa J ^a   Manning, Lee Anne M ^a   Suckling, David Max ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Epiphyas postvittana; Lepidoptera; Lightbrown apple moth; Monitoring and control; Pheromone identification; Sex pheromone; Tortricidae

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL CONTROL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATING DISRUPTION; MOTH; PEST CONTROL; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CUES; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EPIPHYAS POSTVITTANA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 79958217675     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-011-9964-x     Document Type: Article

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