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Title:		Sex attractant of sugar beet wireworm: identification and biological activity
Author(s):		Jacobson M; Lilly CE; Harding C;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1968
Volume:		159
Issue:		3811
Page Number:		208 - 210
DOI:		10.1126/science.159.3811.208
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The sex attractant produced by adult females of the sugar beet wire-worm, Limonius californicus (Mannerheim) has been isolated and identified as valeric acid. In the laboratory, male wireworm beetles are repelled by the pure attractant but are drawn with intense sexual excitement to its dilute solutions; in the field, male beetles are lured from a distance of 12 meters. The pheromone occurs in unusually large amounts in the female's body"
Keywords:		"Animals Biological Assay Chromatography, Paper *Coleoptera Female Male Pheromones/*analysis Valerates/*analysis;"
Notes:		"MedlineJacobson, M Lilly, C E Harding, C eng 1968/01/12 Science. 1968 Jan 12; 159(3811):208-10. doi: 10.1126/science.159.3811.208"