| Title: | Field tests of syntheticManduca sexta sex pheromone |
| Author(s): | Tumlinson JH; Mitchell ER; Doolittle RE; Jackson DM; |
| Address: | "Insect Attractants, Behavior, and Basic Biology Research Laboratory Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 32604, Gainesville, Florida" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "In field experiments traps were baited with live females or with a two-, four-, or eight-component blend of the 16-carbon aldehydes previously identified as components of the sex pheromone emitted by femaleManduca sexta moths. The blends were formulated on rubber septa. Traps baited with a blend of all eight aldehydes captured moreM. sexta males than any other treatment. Septa loaded with 600 mug of the eight-component blend were attractive to males for about seven days in the field. Septa loaded with the eight-component blend and stored in a refrigerator at 4 degrees C for a year released the conjugated diene and triene aldehydes at the same rate as freshly prepared septa and were equally attractive in the field" |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINETumlinson, J H Mitchell, E R Doolittle, R E Jackson, D M eng 1994/03/01 J Chem Ecol. 1994 Mar; 20(3):579-91. doi: 10.1007/BF02059599" |
