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J Chem Ecol

Title:		Attractiveness of a four-component pheromone blend to male navel orangeworm moths
Author(s):		Kanno H; Kuenen LP; Klingler KA; Millar JG; Carde RT;
Address:		"Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		2010
Volume:		20100516
Issue:		6
Page Number:		584 - 591
DOI:		10.1007/s10886-010-9799-x
ISSN/ISBN:		1573-1561 (Electronic) 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The attractiveness to male navel orangeworm moth, Amyelois transitella, of various combinations of a four-component pheromone blend was measured in wind-tunnel bioassays. Upwind flight along the pheromone plume and landing on the odor source required the simultaneous presence of two components, (11Z,13Z)-hexadecadienal and (3Z,6Z,9Z,12Z,15Z)-tricosapentaene, and the addition of either (11Z,13Z)-hexadecadien-1-ol or (11Z,13E)-hexadecadien-1-ol. A mixture of all four components produced the highest levels of rapid source location and source contact. In wind-tunnel assays, males did not seem to distinguish among a wide range of ratios of any of the three components added to (11Z,13Z)-hexadecadienal. Dosages of 10 and 100 ng of the 4-component blend produced higher levels of source location than dosages of 1 and 1,000 ng"
Keywords:		"Aldehydes/chemistry/pharmacology Animals Behavior, Animal/drug effects Hydrocarbons/chemistry/pharmacology Male Moths/*physiology Pheromones/chemistry/*pharmacology Polyenes/chemistry/pharmacology;"
Notes:		"MedlineKanno, Hiroo Kuenen, L P S Klingler, Kimberly A Millar, Jocelyn G Carde, Ring T eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2010/05/18 J Chem Ecol. 2010 Jun; 36(6):584-91. doi: 10.1007/s10886-010-9799-x. Epub 2010 May 16"