Evidence for a Male-Produced Aggregation Pheromone in the Rice Weevil123
- 1 October 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 74 (5) , 539-542
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/74.5.539
Abstract
A male-produced aggregation pheromone in Sitophilus oryzae (L.) was detected in two closed laboratory bioassay systems. This pheromone proved to be equally attractive to virgin and mated 6- to 7-day-old adult males and females. Although mated males attracted virgin adults of both sexes, their attractance was less than that of virgin males. A new pitfall bioassay system was developed that traps insects lured to a source of attractant.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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