Behavioural and chemical evidence of a male-produced aggregation pheromone in the flower thrips Frankliniella intonsa

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 317-320

  Zhang, Peng Jun ^a   Zhu, Xiao Yun ^a,b   Lu, Yao Bin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregation pheromone; Flower thrips; Frankliniella intonsa; Frankliniella occidentalis; Thysanoptera

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL CUE; FLOWER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLFACTORY CUE; PHEROMONE; THRIPS; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

FRANKLINIELLA INTONSA; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; FRANKLINIELLA TRITICI; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 80655149090     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2011.00796.x     Document Type: Article

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