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Interruption of response ofDendroctonus brevicomis to its attractive pheromone by components of the pheromone

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The catch of the western pine beetle,Dendroctonus brevicomis, at an attractive source of racemicexo-brevicomin, racemic frontalin, and myrcene was reduced by surrounding the source with a grid of 48 stations releasing all three compounds together, orexo-brevicomin alone or myrcene alone. Each compound was released at the rate of 2 mg/24 hr/station. The catch at an attractive bolt cut from a tree being colonized byD. brevicomis was not reduced byexo-brevicomin, but was reduced by the combination ofexo-brevicomin, frontalin, and myrcene in one of two tests. When a transect of traps was placed across a 0.81-hectare plot at six of the 48 stations releasing all three compounds, more beetles were caught at outer than at inner traps. More beetles were caught at unbaited traps on trees in a plot when the three compounds were released than when onlyexo-brevicomin or no compounds were released. A few trees were attacked byD. brevicomis in some of the plots. The antiattractant verbenone released from 48 stations at the rate of 4 mg/24 hr/station did not reduce the catch at an attractive tree bolt.

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  1. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station Forest Service, 94701, Berkeley, California

    Paul E. Tilden & William D. Bedard

  2. Department of Entomological Sciences, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, California

    David L. Wood

  3. Environmental Health Associates, Inc., 94705, Berkeley, California

    Harrison A. Stubbs

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Coleoptera: Scolytidae.

These studies were supported by the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and in part by grants to the University of California from the U.S. National Science Foundation and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (NSF GB-34718/BMS 75-04223) and the Rockefeller Foundation. The findings, opinions, and recommendations are not necessarily those of the funding agencies. Mention of commercial enterprises or products is only for information.

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Tilden, P.E., Bedard, W.D., Wood, D.L. et al. Interruption of response ofDendroctonus brevicomis to its attractive pheromone by components of the pheromone. J Chem Ecol 7, 183–196 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00988646

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