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Electroantennogram techniques were used to elucidate antennal olfactory response of male and female boll weevils to a dilution series of grandlure, its components, and some vicinal dimethyl analogs. At higher concentrations, response to the mixture of the two aldehyde components of grandlure was significantly higher than to the two alcohol components. Only one vicinal dimethyl analog elicited a significantly higher response than the control. There were no significant differences in response due to sex over all compounds.
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Texas Agricultural Experiment Station paper number 16382. Research supported by McIntire-Stennis project 1525. All programs of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station are available without regard to race, sex, color or religion.
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Gutmann, A., Payne, T.L., Roberts, E.A. et al. Antennal olfactory response of boll weevil to grandlure and vicinal dimethyl analogs. J Chem Ecol 7, 919–926 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00987617
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