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Identification and synthesis of a kairomone inducing oviposition by parasitoidAphytis melinus from California red scale covers

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The parasitoid waspAphytis melinus uses a kairomone from the cover of its scale host, California red scale (Aonidiella aurantii), as an oviposition stimulant. The kairomone was isolated from extracts of scale covers, and identified asO-caffeoyltyrosine by a combination of spectroscopic methods. The kairomone was synthesized, and the synthetic compound was determined to be as active as the chemical isolated from scale covers.

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Millar, J.G., Hare, J.D. Identification and synthesis of a kairomone inducing oviposition by parasitoidAphytis melinus from California red scale covers. J Chem Ecol 19, 1721–1736 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00982303

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