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J Agric Food Chem

Title:		Evaluation of pheromone release from commercial mating disruption dispensers
Author(s):		Tomaszewska E; Hebert VR; Brunner JF; Jones VP; Doerr M; Hilton R;
Address:		"Food and Environmental Quality Laboratory, Washington State University, 2710 University Drive, Richland, Washington 99354, USA"
Journal Title:		J Agric Food Chem
Year:		2005
Volume:		53
Issue:		7
Page Number:		2399 - 2405
DOI:		10.1021/jf048163k
ISSN/ISBN:		0021-8561 (Print) 0021-8561 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Pome fruit growers and crop consultants have expressed concerns about the seasonal release performance of commercial codling moth mating disruption dispenser products. Because of these concerns, we developed a laboratory flow-through volatile collection system (VCS) for measuring the volatile release of the codling moth sex pheromone, codlemone, from commercially available hand-applied dispensers. Under controlled air-flow and temperature conditions, the released vapor was trapped onto a polyurethane foam adsorbent followed by solvent extraction, solvent reduction, and GC/MS determination. Method recovery and breakthrough validations were performed to demonstrate system reliability before determining codlemone release from commercial dispensers field-aged over 140 days. The volatile collection was carried out in a consistent manner among five dispenser types most commonly used by growers, so that direct comparison of performance could be made. The comparison showed differences in the amount of pheromone released and in the patterns of release throughout the season between dispenser types. The variation in release performance demonstrates the need for routine evaluation of commercially marketed mating disruption dispensers. We believe that the simple and cost-effective volatile collection system can assist pheromone dispenser manufacturers in determining seasonal dispenser performance before new products are introduced into the commercial market and in rapidly verifying dispenser release when field-aged dispenser efficacy is in question"
Keywords:		Agriculture/methods Animals Dodecanol/*administration & dosage/*analogs & derivatives/analysis Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Insect Control/*instrumentation/methods *Moths Seasons Volatilization;
Notes:		"MedlineTomaszewska, Elizabeth Hebert, Vincent R Brunner, Jay F Jones, Vincent P Doerr, Mike Hilton, Richard eng 2005/03/31 J Agric Food Chem. 2005 Apr 6; 53(7):2399-405. doi: 10.1021/jf048163k"