Reinvestigation of the sex pheromone of the wild silkmoth bombyx mandarina: The effects of bombykal and bombykyl acetate

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1031-1035

  Daimon, Takaaki ^a,b   Fujii, Takeshi ^b   Fujii, Tsuguru ^b   Yokoyama, Takeshi ^c   Katsuma, Susumu ^b   Shinoda, Tetsuro ^a   Shimada, Toru ^b   Ishikawa, Yukio ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombycidae; Bombykal; Bombykol; Bombykyl acetate; Pheromone evolution; Receptor; Silkworm

Indexed keywords

10,12 HEXADECADIENYL ACETATE; 10,12-HEXADECADIENYL ACETATE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALKADIENE; BOMBYKAL; BOMBYKOL; FATTY ALCOHOL; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANTENNA; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; DOMESTICATION; INHIBITION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BOMBYX; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACETATES; ALKADIENES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BOMBYX; FATTY ALCOHOLS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

BOMBYCIDAE; BOMBYX MANDARINA; BOMBYX MORI; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84870907551     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-012-0164-0     Document Type: Article

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