title: Electrophysiological analysis of the response of males of the potato cyst nematode, Globodera rostochiensis, to fractions of their homospecific sex pheromone.
abstract: Electrophysiological techniques and behavioural assays were used to determine the response of males of Globodera rostochiensis to 4 fractions of the homospecific sex pheromone from virgin females, separated using reverse-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography. Sex pheromone activity was confined to 2 of the fractions. The sex pheromone of G. rostochiensis appears to be composed of several weakly basic, polar compounds.
authors.affiliation: Entomology and Nematology Department, IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, Herts, UK.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Riga
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Holdsworth
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Johnston
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009348:Nematoda / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010675:Pheromones / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D011198:Solanum tuberosum / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D010675:Pheromones