Exploitation of insect vibrational signals reveals a new method of pest management

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Eriksson, Anna ^a,b   Anfora, Gianfranco ^a   Lucchi, Andrea ^b   Lanzo, Francesco ^b   Virant Doberlet, Meta ^c   Mazzoni, Valerio ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; PHEROMONE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FARMING SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SAFETY; GRAPEVINE PLANT; GREENHOUSE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEMIPTERA; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INSECT CONTROL; LEAFHOPPER; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC FARMING; PEST INSECT; PEST MANAGEMENT; PLANT; PLANT PEST; SCAPHOIDEUS TITANUS; VIBRATIONAL COMMUNICATION; VINEYARD; ANIMAL; CROP; INSECT; METHODOLOGY; PEST CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; VIBRATION; VITIS;

HEXAPODA; SCAPHOIDEUS TITANUS; VITIS;

ANIMALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; INSECTS; PEST CONTROL; VIBRATION; VITIS;

EID: 84858638904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032954     Document Type: Article

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