| Title: | "Identification and synthesis of female sex pheromone of Oriental beetle,Anomala orientalis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)" |
| Author(s): | Zhang A; Facundo HT; Robbins PS; Linn CE; Hanula JL; Villani MG; Roelofs WL; |
| Address: | "Department of Entomology NYS Agriculture Experiment Station, Cornell University, 14456, Geneva, New York" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Females of the Oriental beetle,Anomala orientalis (Waterhouse), release a sex pheromone composed of a 9:1 blend of (Z)- and (E)-7-tetradecen-2-one. The double-bond position of the pheromone was determined by DMDS derivatization and interpretation of the fragmentation patterns produced by monounsaturated ketones. In a sustained-flight tunnel, males responded by flying toward female beetles and attempting to copulate with them. Both effluvium and whole-body extracts of OB females were analyzed, and the activity was found only in the airborne extracts. Flight-tunnel bioassays also showed that a synthetic 90:10Z/E blend on a rubber septum was attractive and that the responses of males to this blend were equivalent toZ isomer alone, but much better than to the singleE isomer" |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEZhang, A Facundo, H T Robbins, P S Linn, C E Jr Hanula, J L Villani, M G Roelofs, W L eng 1994/09/01 J Chem Ecol. 1994 Sep; 20(9):2415-27. doi: 10.1007/BF02033210" |
