Olfactory behaviour of red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) to male and female produced chemicals.
Trung, V. Q. and Karan, Singh and Majumder, S. K. and Singh, K. (1989) Olfactory behaviour of red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) to male and female produced chemicals. Indian Journal of Entomology, 51 (4). 397-400; 7 ref..
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Abstract
The olfactory responses of adults of Tribolium castaneum to volatile substances obtained from unmated males and females were studied in the laboratory. These pheromones affected the behaviour of both sexes, the female-produced extract inducing copulation and the male extract inducing aggregation.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Insect-pests; Stored-products-pests; Mating-; Attractants-; biology-; behaviour-; pheromones-; Aggregation-pheromones; Sex-pheromones; animal-physiology; agricultural-entomology |
Subjects: | 600 Technology > 03 Agriculture > 05 Insect/Pest Control |
Divisions: | Food Protectants and Infestation Control |
Depositing User: | Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services |
Date Deposited: | 28 Jul 2021 09:47 |
Last Modified: | 28 Jul 2021 09:47 |
URI: | http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/8192 |
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