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Extraction, standardization and assessment of the volatility of the sex attractants of Heterodera rostochiensis Woll. and H. schachtii Schtn.
Author(s) -
GREET D. N.,
GREEN C. D.,
POULTON M. E.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1968.tb04553.x
Subject(s) - heterodera schachtii , biology , heterodera , bioassay , agar , agar plate , botany , toxicology , horticulture , ecology , nematode , genetics , bacteria , sugar beet
SUMMARY A bioassay using five males of Heterodera spp. on an agar plate was sensitive enough to estimate the relative concentrations in washings of females of substances attractive to males. It showed that these substances include volatile components able to diffuse through air and accumulate on agar blocks.