Volatile Organic Compounds from the Clone Populus x canadensis “Conti” Associated with Megaplatypus mutatus Attack

Megaplatypus mutatus (Chapuis) (Coleoptera, Platypodidae) is an ambrosia beetle native to South America. It builds internal galleries that weaken the tree trunks, causing them severe stem breakage and mortality in commercial poplar plantations. The host selection by male M. mutatus has previously be...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Lucia, Paola González-Audino, Héctor Masuh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/793298