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Evidence of an oviposition stimulant for peachtree borer

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Peachtree borer (PTB) cocoons, peach tree bark, and a mixture of frass and gum obtained arount PTB wounds were extracted with organic solvents of increasing polarity. Female PTB moths,Synanthedon exitiosa (Say), laid the greatest number of eggs on filter paper substrates treated with acetone extracts of PTB cocoons, ethyl acetate extracts of peach tree bark and acetone extracts of frass and gum mixtures. The extracts of cocoons or frass and gum mixture were separated by liquid chromatography and thin layer chromatography.

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  1. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 87, 31008-0087, Byron, Georgia

    C. R. Gentry

  2. USDA-ARS, NER, NAA, Horticultural Crops Research Fruit Science Dept., Cook College, Rutgers University, P.O. Box 231, 08903, New Brunswick, New Jersey

    J. M. Wells

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Gentry, C.R., Wells, J.M. Evidence of an oviposition stimulant for peachtree borer. J Chem Ecol 8, 1125–1132 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00986983

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