A Male-Predominant Cuticular Hydrocarbon, 7-Methyltricosane, is used as a Contact Pheromone in the Western Flower Thrips Frankliniella occidentalis

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 559-568

  Olaniran, Oladele A ^a   Sudhakar, Akella V S ^a   Drijfhout, Falko P ^a   Dublon, Ian A N ^a,c   Hall, David R ^b   Hamilton, James G C ^a   Kirk, William D J ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fighting behavior; Mating behavior; Neryl (S) 2 methylbutanoate; Thripidae; Thysanoptera; Video tracking

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; CUTICLE; ENTOMOLOGY; FIGHTING; HYDROCARBON; LIPID; PHEROMONE; THRIPS; VIDEOGRAPHY;

FRANKLINIELLA; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 84876157467     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-013-0272-5     Document Type: Article

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