Potential of Synthetic Sex Pheromone Blend for Mating Disruption of the Swede Midge, Contarinia nasturtii

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1171-1177

  Samietz, Jörg ^a   Baur, Robert ^a   Hillbur, Ylva ^b  

^a AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

(2S,10S) diacetoxyundecane; (2S,9S) diacetoxyundecane; (S) 2 acetoxyundecane; Cecidomyiidae; Contarinia nasturtii; Diptera; Herbivore damage; Mating disruption; Pest control efficacy; Sex pheromone; Swede midge; Trap shut down

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP DAMAGE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ETHYLENE; FLY; LEAFY VEGETABLE; PEST SPECIES; PHEROMONE TRAP; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROP; DIPTERA; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEST CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DIPTERA; FEMALE; MALE; PEST CONTROL; REPRODUCTION; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPOBRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. GEMMIFERA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; CECIDOMYIIDAE; CONTARINIA NASTURTII; DIPTERA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84867668553     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-012-0180-0     Document Type: Article

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