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THE chemical structure of the repellent odour found in the cornicle secretion of the aphid M. persicae1 has been identified as trans-β-farnesene.
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EDWARDS, L., SIDDALL, J., DUNHAM, L. et al. Trans-β-farnesene, Alarm Pheromone of the Green Peach Aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer). Nature 241, 126–127 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/241126b0
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