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J Chem Ecol

Title:		"Orientation of boll weevil,Anthonomus grandis boh. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), to pheromone and volatile host compound in the laboratory"
Author(s):		Dickens JC;
Address:		"Boll Weevil Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 39762-5367, Mississippi, Mississippi State"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1986
Volume:		12
Issue:		1
Page Number:		91 - 98
DOI:		10.1007/BF01045593
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Behavioral responses of male and female boll weevils to the aggregation pheromone, grandlure, and the major volatile of cotton, beta-bisabolol, were investigated using a new dual-choice olfactometer. Dosage-response experiments revealed both males and females to be attracted by the aggregation pheromone at the 1.0 mug dosage. However, only males were attracted to beta-bisabolol (1.0 mug). Both sexes were repelled by the highest dosage ofbeta-bisabolol tested (10 mug). In preference experiment, males chose grandlure over beta-bisabolol, while both sexes chose the combination of grandlure + beta-bisabolol over beta-bisabolol alone. There was some evidence for synergism between pheromone and plant odor for the females. The results correlate well with previous electrophysiological and behavioral experiments"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEDickens, J C eng 1986/01/01 J Chem Ecol. 1986 Jan; 12(1):91-8. doi: 10.1007/BF01045593"