| Title: | "Effects of dodecyl acetate andZ-10-tridecenyl acetate on attraction ofEupoecilia ambiguella males to the main sex pheromone component,Z-9-Dodecenyl acetate" |
| Author(s): | Rauscher S; Arn H; Guerin P; |
| Address: | "Swus Federal Research Station, CH-8820, Wademwil, Switzerland" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Attraction ofE. ambiguella males toZ-9-dodecenyl acetate (Z9-12ratioAc), alone and in combination with dodecyl acetate (12ratioAc) orZ-10-tridecenyl acetate (Z10-13ratioAc) was tested in both wind-tunnel and field experiments. In the laboratory, response toZ9-12ratioAc reached a distinct dosage optimum at which attraction was nearly as good as to live females. Addition of 12ratioAc, a minor component of female glands and effluvia, had no effect at low doses ofZ9-12ratioAc and only marginally improved attraction at the optimum. However, inclusion of 12ratioAc with an overdose ofZ9-12ratio Ac fully restored activity. In the field,Z9-12ratioAc alone was not very attractive at any dose; catches markedly increased by adding 12ratioAc and climbed with increasing dose of each compound up to 10 mg. Optimum ratio ofZ9-12ratioAc to 12ratioAc was 1ratio1 to 1ratio5. Another compound,Z10-13ratioAc, had the same effect as 12ratioAc in the laboratory and the field but was effective at a lower dose. In the field, inclusion of the synergist permits use of high cap loads to attract more males, perhaps from greater distances" |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINERauscher, S Arn, H Guerin, P eng 1984/02/01 J Chem Ecol. 1984 Feb; 10(2):253-64. doi: 10.1007/BF00987853" |
