| Title: | "Sex pheromone components of the pear fruit moth, Acrobasis pyrivorella (Matsumura)" |
| Author(s): | Tabata J; Minamishima M; Sugie H; Fukumoto T; Mochizuki F; Yoshiyasu Y; |
| Address: | "National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. jtabata@affrc.go.jp" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10886-009-9597-5 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1573-1561 (Electronic) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "We analyzed the sex pheromone of the pear fruit moth, Acrobasis pyrivorella, by means of gas chromatography-electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) and GC-mass spectrometry. Two EAD-active compounds were detected in the pheromone gland extract of females. They were identified as (Z)-9-pentadecenyl acetate (Z9-15:OAc) and pentadecyl acetate (15:OAc). The amounts per female gland (mean +/- standard error) of these compounds were 12.9 +/- 2.8 and 0.8 +/- 0.1 ng, respectively. Synthetic Z9-15:OAc (300 microg) attracted conspecific males in field trapping experiments. When 15:OAc (21 microg; 7% of Z9-15:OAc quantity) was added, the number of males trapped increased significantly. Catch in traps baited with the mixture of these compounds was greater than that in traps baited with 1-3-day-old virgin females. We, therefore, conclude that Z9-15:OAc and 15:OAc are sex pheromone components of this species" |
| Keywords: | "Acetates/chemical synthesis/*chemistry Animals Fatty Alcohols/chemical synthesis/*chemistry Female Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Male Moths/*chemistry Sex Attractants/*chemistry/isolation & purification Sexual Behavior, Animal;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineTabata, Jun Minamishima, Makoto Sugie, Hajime Fukumoto, Takehiko Mochizuki, Fumiaki Yoshiyasu, Yutaka eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2009/02/04 J Chem Ecol. 2009 Feb; 35(2):243-9. doi: 10.1007/s10886-009-9597-5. Epub 2009 Feb 4" |
