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J Chem Ecol

Title:		Response of male codling moths (Cydia pomonella) to components of conspecific female sex pheromone glands in flight tunnel tests
Author(s):		McDonough LM; Davis HG; Chapman PS; Smithhisler CL;
Address:		"USDA, ARS, 3706 W. Nob Hill Blvd., 98902, Yakima, Washington"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1993
Volume:		19
Issue:		8
Page Number:		1737 - 1748
DOI:		10.1007/BF00982304
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"In flight tunnel tests, the percentages of oriented upwind flights of male codling moths culminating in contacting a source of different compositions of female sex pheromone gland components were determined over a dosage range of 0.1-100,000Mug. The following compositions were tested: (1) (E,E)-8,10-dodecadien-1-ol of 99.7% isomeric purity; (2) 1 + dodecanl-ol + tetradecan-1-ol; (3) 2 + decan-1-ol + (E)-9-dodecen-1-ol; and (4) an equilibrium mixture of 8,10-dodecadien-1-ol isomers (61%EE, 5%ZZ, 14%ZE, and 20%EZ). The ratios of the components in compositions 2 and 3 were chosen to produce vapor ratios equal to the natural ratios found in the female effluvium by Arn and coworkers. As the dose of composition 1 was increased from 0.1 to 10Mug, response increased from 0 to about 80% and then was approximately constant from 10 to 300Mug. Over the range 0.1-300Mug, the percentage of males contacting the septum was virtually the same as the percentage flying upwind. From 300 to 100,000Mug, the percentage of males flying upwind and contacting the source steadily decreased from about 80 to 0%. The male responses to compositions 2 and 3 were virtually identical to the response to 1. These results indicate, contrary to published reports, that dodecan-1-ol and tetradecan-1-ol in combination with 1 do not increase the responses of the behavioral modes determining degree of attractancy and disruption of sexual communication over that of 1 alone. These results also show that decan-1-ol and (E)-9-dodecen-1-ol do not enhance response in the five-component mixture. The response to composition 4 increased from 0% at a dose of 0.3Mug to 26% at a dose of 30Mug and then decreased to 0% at a dose of 3000Mug. Thus, the inhibiting effect of the isomers on response was greater at the higher doses"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEMcDonough, L M Davis, H G Chapman, P S Smithhisler, C L eng 1993/08/01 J Chem Ecol. 1993 Aug; 19(8):1737-48. doi: 10.1007/BF00982304"