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Sesquiterpene Progenitor, Germacrene A: an Alarm Pheromone in Aphids

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Journal Science
Specialty Science
Date 1977 May 6
PMID 558651
Citations 18
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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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