Pheromonal Divergence Between Two Strains of Spodoptera frugiperda

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 364-376

  Unbehend, Melanie ^a   Hänniger, Sabine ^a   Meagher, Robert L ^b   Heckel, David G ^a   Groot, Astrid T ^a,c  

^a Department of Entomology   (Germany)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corn and rice strain; Dose response experiments; Fall armyworm; Lepidoptera; Male attraction; Noctuidae; Sexual communication; Sympatric speciation; Synthetic pheromone lures

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; DIVERGENCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; MAIZE; MATE CHOICE; MOTH; PHEROMONE; RICE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY; WIND TUNNEL;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84875472107     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-013-0263-6     Document Type: Article

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