Behavioural and electrophysiological responses of the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) (Diptera: Tephritidae), to male- and female-borne sex attractants

Chemoecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 155-164

  Canale, Angelo ^a   Germinara, Salvatore Giacinto ^b   Carpita, Adriano ^a   Benelli, Giovanni ^a   Bonsignori, Gabriella ^c   Stefanini, Cesare ^c   Raspi, Alfio ^a   Rotundo, Giuseppe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

(Z) 9 tricosene; 1,7 dioxaspiro 5.5 undecane; Courtship behaviour; Olfactory cues; Rectal and urotergal glands

Indexed keywords

BACTROCERA OLEAE; DIPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 84881614383     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-013-0131-4     Document Type: Article

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