Oriental orchid (cymbidium floribundum) attracts the Japanese honeybee (Apis cerana japonica) with a mixture of 3-hydroxyoctanoic acid and 10-hydroxy- (E)-2-decenoic acid

Zoological Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 99-104

  Sugahara, Michio ^a   Izutsu, Kazunari ^a   Nishimura, Yasuichiro ^b   Sakamoto, Fumio ^a  

^a Kyoto University of Advanced Science   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

10 hydroxy (E) 2 decenoic acid (10 HDA); 3 hydroxyoctanoic acid (3 HOAA); Apis cerana japonica; attractant; Cymbidium floribundum

Indexed keywords

10 HYDROXY 2 DECENOIC ACID; 10-HYDROXY-2-DECENOIC ACID; 3 HYDROXYOCTANOIC ACID; 3-HYDROXYOCTANOIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; FLOWER; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CAPRYLATES; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FLOWERS; ORCHIDACEAE; POLLINATION;

EID: 84873543698     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.30.99     Document Type: Article

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