Journal: Journal of chemical ecology / Publication Year: 1978 / Source: 1978 v.4 no.4 / Subject: Heliothis virescens / Text Availability: Full Text

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Author:: Tingle, F.C.; Mitchell, E.R.; Baumhover, A.H.
Source:: Journal of chemical ecology 1978 v.4 no.4 pp. 471
ISSN:: 0098-0331
Subject:: Heliothis subflexa; Heliothis virescens; Helicoverpa zea; sex pheromones; sex attractants; trapping; pheromone traps; backcrossing; hybrids; mating behavior; olfactometry; wind tunnels; nocturnal activity
Abstract:: ... Electric grid traps baited with Heliothis subflexa (Guenée), H. virescens (F.), or H. zea (Boddie) females captured conspecific males with few exceptions.Heliothis subflexa females reduced the attraction ofH. virescens and H. zea males when used as bait simultaneously with females of either of these two species. Backcrosses were made with H. virescens males and female hybrids from a cross between ...
Handle:: 10113/23301
DOI:: 10.1007/BF00989503
: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00989503