Plant Volatiles Enhance Behavioral Responses of Grapevine Moth Males, Lobesia botrana to Sex Pheromone

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 222-225

  von Arx, Martin ^a   Schmidt Büsser, Daniela ^a   Guerin, Patrick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

European grapevine moth; Kairomone; Lepidoptera; Pheromone response; Tortricidae; Vitis vinifera; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATTRACTANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HOST PLANT; KAIROMONE; MOTH; OVIPOSITION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEX PHEROMONE; VINE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WIND TUNNEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VITIS;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VITIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LOBESIA BOTRANA; TORTRICIDAE; VITACEAE; VITIS; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 84857787973     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-012-0068-z     Document Type: Article

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