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J Chem Ecol

Title:		Spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) pheromone chemistry and behavioral responses to pheromone components and analogs
Author(s):		Silk PJ; Kuenen LP;
Address:		"Pheromone Research Group, New Brunswick Research and Productivity Council, College Hill Road, P.O. Box 6000, E3B 5H1, Fredericton, New Brunswick"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1986
Volume:		12
Issue:		2
Page Number:		367 - 383
DOI:		10.1007/BF01020562
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"This paper reviews the sex pheromone chemistry and pheromone-mediated behavior of the spruce budworm and related coniferophagous (Choristoneura) budworms. InC. fumiferana, temporal changes in pheromone-gland monounsaturated fatty acids (pheromone precursors) enable the prediction of the primary sex pheromone components. This technique may also be applicable for predicting additional pheromone components. Tetradecanal (14ratio Ald), previously shown to enhance close-range precopulatory behavior, lowers the threshold of response by males for upwind flight to a pheromone-component source. Spruce budworm males maintain upwind flight to 95ratio5 (E/Z)-1,12-pentadecadiene (diolefin analog) after initiating upwind flight to a primary-component pheromone source (95ratio5E/Z11-14ratioAld). This is the first demonstration of apparently normal male flight responses to a pheromone analog"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINESilk, P J Kuenen, L P eng 1986/02/01 J Chem Ecol. 1986 Feb; 12(2):367-83. doi: 10.1007/BF01020562"