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Aromatized to Find Mates: α-Pinene Aroma Boosts the Mating Success of Adult Olive Fruit Flies

BACKGROUND: Contrary to other Tephritidae, female but also male olive flies, Bactrocera oleae release pheromones during their sexual communication. Alpha-pinene, a common plant volatile found in high amounts in unripe olive fruit and leaves has been detected as one of the major components of the fem...

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Autores principales: Gerofotis, Christos D., Ioannou, Charalampos S., Papadopoulos, Nikos T.
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/PMC3834339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24260571
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081336