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J Chem Ecol

Title:		"Semiochemicals produced by western balsam bark beetle,Dryocoetes confusus Swaine (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)"
Author(s):		Borden JH; Pierce AM; Pierce HD; Chong LJ; Stock AJ; Oehlschlager AC;
Address:		"Department of Biological Sciences, Centre for Pest Management, Canada"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1987
Volume:		13
Issue:		4
Page Number:		823 - 836
DOI:		10.1007/BF01020163
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The most prominent beetle-produced volatiles identified in the abdominal extracts of maleDryocoetes confusus Swaine after they had bored for 24 hr in logs of subalpine fir,Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. were:exo andendo-brevicomin,trans-verbenol, verbenone, myrtenol,trans-pinocarveol,cis- andtrans-p-menthen-7-ol, 3-caren-10-ol, and several monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes. Myrtenol was the only conspicuous compound in extracts from males that had been exposed toA.lasiocarpa resin volatiles for 24 hr. Laboratory bioassays indicated that both (-)- and (+)-exo-brevicomin were attractive to femaleD. confusus, and that the (-) enantiomer did not inhibit response to its antipode. Results from field trapping experiments indicated that bothero-brevicomin and myrtenol are aggregation pheromones forD. confusus.exo-Brevicomin baits were effective in causing attack byD. confusus on baited and surrounding trees, suggesting that this pheromone may have utility in manipulating populations of the beetle"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEBorden, J H Pierce, A M Pierce, H D Jr Chong, L J Stock, A J Oehlschlager, A C eng 1987/04/01 J Chem Ecol. 1987 Apr; 13(4):823-36. doi: 10.1007/BF01020163"