Personal alarm flushes out aphids.

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  • Author(s): Putnam, Clare
  • Source:
    New Scientist. 10/2/93, Vol. 140 Issue 1893, p14. 1/3p. 1 Color Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      APHID control; TERPENES
    • Abstract:
      Reports on the findings of Dutch scientists' experiments on the effect of aphids' exposure to (E)-beta-farnesene, an active chemical present in their alarm pheromone. Difficulty in controlling aphids; Effect of the pheromone on the insects' nervous systems, growth and reproduction; Experimentation by the Research Station for Arable Farming and Field Production of Vegetables's researcher A. Ester and colleagues; Application of insecticides.