Title: | "Sex pheromone of blackheaded fireworm,Rhopobota naevana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), a pest of cranberry" |
Author(s): | Slessor KN; Raine J; King GG; Clements SJ; Allan SA; |
Address: | "Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, V5A 1S6, Burnaby, B. C., Canada" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Splitless capillary gas chromatography indicated the presence of (Z)- and (E)-11-tetradecenyl acetate and (Z)-11-tetradecenyl alcohol in the washes of female abdominal tips of the blackheaded fireworm,Rhopobota naevana (Hubner). Gas chromatography combined with mass spectroscopy confirmed the presence of tetradecenyl acetate in extracts of female tips. The low levels observed in these extracts (< 1 ng/female equivalent), prevented further chemical and spectroscopic identification. These materials were found to be stimulatory at low levels in electroantennogram studies. A combination of 9 mug of (Z)-11-tetradecenyl acetate and 3 mug of (Z)-11-tetradecenyl alcohol on rubber septa in wing traps provided an effective attractant. (Z)-9-Dodecenyl acetate, a previously reported attractant, did not significantly increase field trapping catches when added to the binary mixture, but was found to enhance trap catches when added to each of the primary components" |
Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINESlessor, K N Raine, J King, G G Clements, S J Allan, S A eng 1987/05/01 J Chem Ecol. 1987 May; 13(5):1163-70. doi: 10.1007/BF01020546" |