Unsaturated Cuticular Hydrocarbons Synergize Responses to Sex Attractant Pheromone in the Yellow Peach Moth, Conogethes punctiferalis

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1143-1150

  Xiao, Wei ^a   Matsuyama, Shigeru ^b   Ando, Tetsu ^c   Millar, Jocelyn G ^d   Honda, Hiroshi ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crambidae; Insect pest; Lepidoptera; Sex pheromone; Short range signal; Synergist; Unsaturated cuticular hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

ETHER DERIVATIVE; HEXANE; HYDROCARBON; SEX PHEROMONE;

ALDEHYDE; ATTRACTANT; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HYDROCARBON; MOTH; PEST SPECIES; PHEROMONE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEX HORMONE; SIGNAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTH; SKIN;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DRUG SYNERGISM; ETHERS; FEMALE; HEXANES; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; MOTHS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SKIN;

CRAMBIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 84867678235     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-012-0176-9     Document Type: Article

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