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Pheromone Inactivation by the Gut of Periplaneta americana

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RECENT interest in insect pheromones has been stimulated by the notion that the use of pheromones in traps would have the merit of specificity and would reduce the need for broadcasting insecticides1.

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RAISBECK, B. Pheromone Inactivation by the Gut of Periplaneta americana. Nature 240, 107–108 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/240107a0

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