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Science 22 September 1972:
Vol. 177. no. 4054, pp. 1121 - 1122
DOI: 10.1126/science.177.4054.1121
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Aphid Alarm Pheromone: Isolation, Identification, Synthesis

William S. Bowers 1, Lowell R. Nault 2, Ralph E. Webb 3, and Samson R. Dutky 4

1 Insect Physiology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland 20705
2 Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster 44691
3 Ornamentals Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland 20705
4 Insect Physiology Laboratory

A broadly interspecific aphid alarm pheromone was isolated from several economically important species of aphids and identified as trans-beta-farnesene.


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