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Stefan Jungwirth, Joachim Ruther, Tamara Pokorny
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Xue-Dong Chen, Navneet Kaur, David R. Horton, W. Rodney Cooper, Jawwad A. Qureshi, Lukasz L. Stelinski
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SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
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Abhishek Mukherjee, Abhisek Makal
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TROPICAL INSECT SCIENCE
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Entomology
Tamara Pokorny, Katharina Bogenberger, Joachim Ruther
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ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA
(2022)
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Entomology
Maria Cordoba, Jocelyn G. Millar, Rory Mc Donnell
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Entomology
Bridget Bobadoye, Baldwyn Torto, Ayuka Fombong, Yunfan Zou, Kari Adlbauer, Lawrence M. Hanks, Jocelyn G. Millar
ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Mikael A. Molander, Jimmy Helgesson, Inis B. Winde, Jocelyn G. Millar, Mattias C. Larsson
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY
(2019)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
R. Maxwell Collignon, Jonathan A. Cale, J. Steven McElfresh, Jocelyn G. Millar
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY
(2019)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
R. Maxwell Collignon, Sean Halloran, Jacqueline M. Serrano, J. Steven McElfresh, Jocelyn G. Millar
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(2019)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jacqueline M. Serrano, J. Steven McElfresh, Yunfan Zou, Jocelyn G. Millar
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(2019)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Linnea R. Meier, Jocelyn G. Millar, Judith A. Mongold-Diers, Lawrence M. Hanks
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(2019)
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Entomology
Lawrence M. Hanks, Judith A. Mongold-Diers, Robert F. Mitchell, Yunfan Zou, Joseph C. H. Wong, Linnea R. Meier, Todd D. Johnson, Jocelyn G. Millar
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY
(2019)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Zoltan Imrei, Mikael A. Molander, Inis B. Winde, Zsofia Lohonyai, Eva Balintne Csonka, Jozsef Fail, Lawrence M. Hanks, Yunfan Zou, Jocelyn G. Millar, Miklos Toth, Mattias C. Larsson
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Mikael A. Molander, Inis B. Winde, Joseph Burman, Franklin N. Nyabuga, Tobias U. T. Lindblom, Lawrence M. Hanks, Jocelyn G. Millar, Mattias C. Larsson
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY
(2019)
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Biology
Sarah A. Princen, Ricardo Caliari Oliveira, Ulrich R. Ernst, Jocelyn G. Millar, Jelle S. van Zweden, Tom Wenseleers
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(2019)
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Neurosciences
Dirk Louis P. Schorkopf, Bela Peter Molnar, Marit Solum, Mattias C. Larsson, Jocelyn G. Millar, Zsolt Karpati, Teun Dekker
PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY
(2019)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Amy Roda, Jocelyn G. Millar, Chris Jacobsen, Robin Veasey, Lenny Fujimoto, Arnold Hara, Rory J. McDonnell
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Entomology
Kent M. Daane, Glenn Y. Yokota, Vaughn M. Walton, Brian N. Hogg, Monica L. Cooper, Walter J. Bentley, Jocelyn G. Millar
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Entomology
Tomislav Curkovic, Diego Arraztio, Amanda Huerta, Ramon Rebolledo, Arly Cheuquel, Americo Contreras, Jocelyn G. Millar
Summary: This study conducted field bioassays with known cerambycid pheromones in Chile and found that 3-hydroxy-2-hexanone and 2,3-hexanediols are likely to be conserved aggregation pheromone components among some Chilean cerambycid species.