Do asexual morphs of the peach-potato aphid, Myzus persicae, utilise the aphid sex pheromone? Behavioural and electrophysiological responses of M. persicae virginoparae to (4aS,7S,7aR)-nepetalactone and its effect on aphid performance

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 466-472

  Mandela Fernandez Grandon G ^a   Woodcock, Christine M ^b   Poppy, Guy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(4aS,7S,7aR) nepetalactone; Biological Control; Mean Relative Growth Rate; Myzus persicae; Semiochemical; Y tube Olfactometer

Indexed keywords

APHID; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FRUIT; GROWTH RATE; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PEST SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION GROWTH; POTATO; SEX PHEROMONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

APHIDIDAE; MYZUS PERSICAE;

CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; NEPETALACTONE; PYRONE DERIVATIVE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANTENNA (ORGAN); APHID; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMOTAXIS; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; OLFACTOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APHIDS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; CHEMOTAXIS; CYCLOPENTANES; FEMALE; OLFACTOMETRY; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PYRONES; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

EID: 84879338448     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485313000126     Document Type: Article

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