| Title: | "Identification, synthesis, and field evaluation of the sex pheromone from the citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella" |
| Author(s): | Leal WS; Parra-Pedrazzoli AL; Cosse AA; Murata Y; Bento JM; Vilela EF; |
| Address: | "Maeda-Duffey Laboratory, Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. wsleal@ucdavis.edu" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10886-006-9358-7 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Using male antenna as the sensing element, three electroantennographic detection (EAD)-active peaks were detected from pheromone gland extracts of the citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella. Based on gas chromatography (GC)-mass spectrometry and GC-infrared data, the semiochemicals were tentatively identified as a novel pheromone, (Z,Z,E)-7,11,13-hexadecatrienal, a previously identified attractant, (Z,Z)-7,11-hexadecadienal, and (Z)-7-hexadecenal in a ratio of 30:10:1, respectively. Identification was confirmed with synthetic compounds, which gave retention times identical to those of the natural products on three capillary columns with polar and nonpolar phases. While traps baited only with the previously identified attractant alone did not catch any males in Brazil, binary and tertiary mixtures with the major constituents caught significantly more male moths than traps baited with five virgin females" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Chromatography, Gas Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Male Mass Spectrometry Moths/*chemistry Sex Attractants/chemical synthesis/*chemistry/pharmacology Spectrophotometry, Infrared;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineLeal, Walter S Parra-Pedrazzoli, Ana Lia Cosse, Allard A Murata, Yasuhiro Bento, Jose Mauricio S Vilela, Evaldo F eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2006/03/10 J Chem Ecol. 2006 Jan; 32(1):155-68. doi: 10.1007/s10886-006-9358-7. Epub 2006 Feb 26" |
