Male-Produced Pheromone in the European Woodwasp, Sirex noctilio

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-62

  Cooperband, Miriam F ^a   Böröczky, Katalin ^b   Hartness, Ashley ^a   Jones, Tappey H ^c   Zylstra, Kelley E ^a   Tumlinson, James H ^b   Mastro, Victor C ^a  

^a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractant; Hymenoptera; Invasive insect; Pheromone; Siricidae; Wind tunnel; Wood wasp; Y tube Olfactometer

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHEROMONE;

ANTENNA; ATTRACTANT; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MALE; MATE ATTRACTION; ODOR; OLFACTION; PEST SPECIES; PHEROMONE; WASP; WIND TUNNEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LABORATORY; MALE; METABOLISM; WASP;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LABORATORIES; MALE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHEROMONES; WASPS;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; SIREX NOCTILIO; SIRICIDAE; SIRICOIDEA;

EID: 84856380455     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-012-0060-7     Document Type: Article

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