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Bioassays for Monitoring Insecticide Resistance
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Approaches to insect control based on chemical ecology--case studies
Environmental Quality and Safety
|January 1, 1976
Abstract:
In this article two attempted approaches to control a stored product insect, azuki bean weevil, are discussed based on host selection study and oviposition ecology. The latter study indicated the presence of an oviposition marker, a new kind of pheromone, which was derived from the weevil and was lipid in nature, and suggested its possible use as an oviposition inhibitor.
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