Host Sex Discrimination by an Egg Parasitoid on Brassica Leaves

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 622-628

  Lo Giudice, Daniela ^a   Riedel, Michael ^b   Rostás, Michael ^b,c   Peri, Ezio ^a   Colazza, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea; Cryo method; Epicuticular waxes; Host sex discrimination; n nonadecane; Nezara viridula; Trissolcus basalis

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; NONADECANE; PHEROMONE; WAX;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL CUE; EGG PARASITOID; HOST LOCATION; LEAFY VEGETABLE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRASSICA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HETEROPTERA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; WASP;

ALKANES; ANIMALS; BRASSICA; CUES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HETEROPTERA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PHEROMONES; PLANT LEAVES; WASPS; WAXES;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; HEXAPODA; NEZARA VIRIDULA; PENTATOMIDAE; SCELIONIDAE; TRISSOLCUS BASALIS;

EID: 79958218651     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-011-9957-9     Document Type: Article

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