BOLL-WEEVIL, ANTHONOMUS-GRANDIS BOHEMAN (COLEOPTERA, CURCULIONIDAE) -A SUMMARY OF RESEARCH ON BEHAVIOR AS AFFECTED BY CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION

Authors
HARDEE DD MITCHELL EB
Citation
Dd. Hardee et Eb. Mitchell, BOLL-WEEVIL, ANTHONOMUS-GRANDIS BOHEMAN (COLEOPTERA, CURCULIONIDAE) -A SUMMARY OF RESEARCH ON BEHAVIOR AS AFFECTED BY CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION, The Southwestern entomologist, 22(4), 1997, pp. 466-491
Citations number
283
Journal title
The Southwestern entomologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
01471724
Volume
22
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
466 - 491
Database
ISI
SICI code
0147-1724(1997)22:4<466:BAB(C->2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A summary of 30 years of extensive research on semiochemicals as they affect the boil weevil, Anthonomus grandis Boheman, in cotton is prese nted. Traps and the pheromone grandlure in particular have greatly ext ended our knowledge of the behavior of this economically important ins ect and will be key factors in eliminating this insect from the United States in the 21st century.