ISSN:
1573-1561
Keywords:
Sex pheromone
;
sex attractant
;
Chilo sacchariphagus
;
sugar cane borer
;
electroantennography
;
(Z)-13-octadecenyl acetate
;
(Z)-13-octadecen-1-ol
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract The female sex pheromone of the sugar cane borer,Chilo sacchariphagus, has been shown to contain the two structurally related compounds, (Z)-13-octadecenyl acetate (I) and (Z)-13-octadecen-1-ol (II). These components were detected in female abdominal tip extracts by gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) combined with electroantennography (EAG), and were identified by their GLC behavior, microozonolysis, and interconversion, and by comparison of natural and synthetic material. Field tests in Mauritius showed that traps baited with components I and II combined in ratios from 1∶1 to 9∶1 caught maleC. sacchariphagus moths, and that the 7∶1 ratio was comparable in performance with a virgin female moth. Neither component presented separately in traps caught significant numbers of moths.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01402916
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