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Original Articles

Sex Pheromone and Related Compounds in the Ishigaki and Okinawa Strains of the Tussock Moth Orgyia postica (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)

Sadao WAKAMURALaboratory of Insect Behavior, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS)
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Norio ARAKAKIOkinawa Prefectural Agricultural Experiment Station
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Masanobu YAMAMOTOGraduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering (BASE), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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Syuntaro HIRADATENational Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences (NIAES)
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Hiroe YASUILaboratory of Insect Behavior, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS)
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Kunio KINJOYaeyama Branch, Okinawa Prefectural Plant Disease and Insect Control Station
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Tetsuya YASUDALaboratory of Insect Behavior, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS)
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Hiroyuki YAMAZAWAGraduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering (BASE), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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Tetsu ANDOGraduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering (BASE), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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Pages 957-965 | Received 30 Nov 2004, Accepted 18 Feb 2005, Published online: 22 May 2014

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