Title: | Behavioral effects of secondary components of sex pheromone of western spruce budworm (Choristoneura occidentalis) free |
Address: | "Chemistry Department, Research and Productivity Council, P.O. Box 6000, E3B 5H1, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "In a laboratory wind tunnel, upwind flight and close-range orientation to a pheromone source by maleC. occidentalis were facilitated by the addition of the secondary componentsE/Z11-tetradecen-1-ol acetate (89ratio11) andE/Z11-tetradecen-1-ol (85ratio15) to low source concentrations of the primary components,E/Z11-tetradecenal (92ratio8). Male responses to the blends tested never equalled their responses to virgin females. The primary components alone, when released at a rate similar to that of a 'calling' female, never elicited male upwind flight or source location. However, the addition of the secondary components enhanced these behavioral sequences" |
Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEAlford, A R Silk, P J eng 1984/02/01 J Chem Ecol. 1984 Feb; 10(2):265-70. doi: 10.1007/BF00987854" |