Responses of dendroctonus brevicomis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in behavioral assays: Implications to development of a semiochemical-based tool for tree protection

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 149-160

  Fettig, Christopher J ^a   McKelvey, Stephen R ^a   Dabney, Christopher P ^a   Huber, Dezene P W ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

acetophenone; Dendroctonus ponderosae; nonhost angiosperm volatile; pest management; Pinus ponderosa

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; TERPENE; VERBENONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORESTRY; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; UNITED STATES; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FORESTRY; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; PHEROMONES; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERPENES; TREES; UTAH; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WEEVILS;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DENDROCTONUS BREVICOMIS; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PINUS MUGO; PINUS PONDEROSA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84856917741     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC11121     Document Type: Article

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