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Olfactory Cues Are Subordinate to Visual Stimuli in a Neotropical Generalist Weevil

The tropical root weevil Diaprepes abbreviatus is a major pest of multiple crops in the Caribbean Islands and has become a serious constraint to citrus production in the United States. Recent work has identified host and conspecific volatiles that mediate host- and mate-finding by D. abbreviatus. Th...

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Autores principales: Otálora-Luna, Fernando, Lapointe, Stephen L., Dickens, Joseph C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3547024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23341926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053120