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Identification of sex pheromone component of spruce budmothZeiraphera canadensis
P J Silk1, E W Butterworth, L P Kuenen
1Pheromone Research Group, Research and Productivity Council, College Hill Road, P. 0. Box 20000, E3B 6C2, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Abstract:
The analyses of virgin female sex pheromone gland extracts by gas chromatography (GC), GC-electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) and GC-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) followed by field-trapping experiments, have identified (E)-9-tetradecenyl acetate (E9-14:Ac) as the primary sex pheromone component of the spruce budmoth,Zeiraphera canadensis. Dosages of 1.0-100.0 [Symbol: see text]g ofE9-14:Ac impregnated in rubber septa provide effective trap baits.
