Quasi-double-blind screening of semiochemicals for reducing navel orangeworm oviposition on almonds.

A three-step, quasi-double-bind approach was used as a proof-of-concept study to screen twenty compounds for their ability to reduce oviposition of gravid female navel orangeworm(NOW), Ameylois transitella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). First, the panel of compounds, whose identity was unknown to the exp...

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Main Authors: Kevin Cloonan, Robert H Bedoukian, Walter Leal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3828197?pdf=render