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Verbena × hybrida flower volatiles attractive to Western flower thrips,Frankliniella occidentalis |
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| Authors: | Antony M Hooper Jude A Bennison Mark C Luszniak John A Pickett Eleanor M Pow Lester J Wadhams |
| Abstract: | Western flower thrips (WFT) are attracted to three flowering verbena cultivars. The volatile components of these cultivars contain different enantiomers of linalool oxide which have been synthesised and one shown to be attractive to WFT. |
| Keywords: | Western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis Verbena × hybrida linalool oxide enantioselective synthesis |