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INSECT ATTRACTANTS, ANTI-ATTRACTANTS, AND REPELLENTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. H. Wright ,
D. L. Chambers  and
Irving Keiser
R. H. Wright
Affiliation:
B.C. Research, Vancouver, Canada
D. L. Chambers
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Division, U.S.D.A., Honolulu, Hawaii
Irving Keiser
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Division, U.S.D.A., Honolulu, Hawaii
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Abstract

Anti-attractants, defined as substances with little or no intrinsic repellency but with the property of diminishing the attractiveness of a lure, are predicted on spectroscopic grounds and their existence demonstrated in experiments with Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), and Dacus cucurbitae (Coquillett).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 103 , Issue 4 , April 1971 , pp. 627 - 630
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1971

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