| Title: | "(2S,12Z)-2-Acetoxy-12-heptadecene: major sex pheromone component of pistachio twig borer, Kermania pistaciella" |
| Author(s): | Gries R; Khaskin G; Daroogheh H; Mart C; Karadag S; Er MK; Britton R; Gries G; |
| Address: | "Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, V5A 1S6. gries@sfu.ca" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10886-006-9190-0 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The sex pheromone of the pistachio twig borer, Kermania pistaciella (Lepidoptera: Oinophilidae), one of the most important insect pests of pistachio, Pistacia vera, in Turkey and Iran, was identified. In gas chromatographic-electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) and GC-mass spectrometric analyses of pheromone gland extracts of female K. pistaciella from Turkey, (2S,12Z)-2-acetoxy-12-heptadecene was identified as the major candidate pheromone component. In field experiments in Turkey, lures containing synthetic (2S,12Z)-2-acetoxy-12-heptadecene attracted large numbers of male moths. Its attractiveness was significantly reduced by the presence of the R-enantiomer or of either enantiomer of the corresponding alcohol. (2S,12Z)-2-Acetoxy-12-heptadecene is the first pheromone component identified in the Oinophilidae and the first secondary acetate pheromone component identified in the Lepidoptera" |
| Keywords: | Acetates Alkenes/*chemistry/*isolation & purification/pharmacology Animals Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Lepidoptera/*chemistry Pistacia Sex Attractants/*chemistry Stereoisomerism Turkey; |
| Notes: | "MedlineGries, Regine Khaskin, Grigori Daroogheh, Hassan Mart, Cafer Karadag, Serpil Er, M Kubilay Britton, Robert Gries, Gerhard eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2006/11/24 J Chem Ecol. 2006 Dec; 32(12):2667-77. doi: 10.1007/s10886-006-9190-0" |
