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. 1977 May 6;196(4290):680-1.
doi: 10.1126/science.558651.

Sesquiterpene progenitor, germacrene A: an alarm pheromone in aphids

W S Bowers, C Nishino, M E Montgomery, L R Nault, M W Nielson

Sesquiterpene progenitor, germacrene A: an alarm pheromone in aphids

W S Bowers et al. Science. .

Abstract

Germacrene A, the elusive biogenetic "parent" of many sesquiterpenes, has been isolated from the spotted alfalfa aphid and identified as a new intrageneric aphid alarm pheromone.

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