Insect Pheromone Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Subtitle: The Biosynthesis and Detection of Pheromones and Plant Volatiles
Contributors: Gary J. Blomquist (Editor); Richard G. Vogt (Editor)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: November 6, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 768
ISBN-13: 9780121071516
Subjects: Biochemistry; Insects (entomology); Molecular biology; Life Sciences - Zoology - General; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Ecology; Life Sciences - Zoology - Entomology; Science / Entomology
First sentence: The first insect sex pheromone identified was bombykol, (E, Z)-10,12-hexadecadien-1-ol (Butenandt et al., 1959) from the silkworm moth, Bombyx mori (L.).