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J Chem Ecol

Title:		Identification of a female-produced sex pheromone of the western corn rootworm
Author(s):		Guss PL; Tumlinson JH; Sonnet PE; Proveaux AT;
Address:		"Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Northern Grain Insects Research Laboratory, 57006, Brookings, South Dakota"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1982
Volume:		8
Issue:		2
Page Number:		545 - 556
DOI:		10.1007/BF00987802
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"A sex pheromone has been isolated and identified from virgin females of the western corn rootworm (WCR),Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte. The synthesized compound, racemic 8-methyl-2-decanol propanoate, was equal in attraction to the natural pheromone when tested in the field as a trap bait against three taxa ofDiabrotica known to respond to pheromone extracts from female WCR. Five taxa (D. virgifera virgifera; D. virgifera zeae Krysan and Smith, Mexican corn rootworm;D. longicornis barberi Smith and Lawrence, northern corn rootworm;D. longicornis longicornis (Say); andD. porracea Harold) were attracted to traps baited with 8-methyl-2-decanol propanoate. The response of male northern corn rootworms (NCR) in the field peaked at a relatively low concentration of 8-methyl-2-decanol propanoate and then was severely reduced at the higher concentrations tested. Conversely, the response of male WCR in the field continued to increase up to the highest dose tested"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEGuss, P L Tumlinson, J H Sonnet, P E Proveaux, A T eng 1982/02/01 J Chem Ecol. 1982 Feb; 8(2):545-56. doi: 10.1007/BF00987802"