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Author Spotlight: Examining Volatile Sex Pheromone Influence on Male C. elegans Behavior
Published on: August 9, 2024
Sex pheromone ofPandemis heparana (Den. and Schiff.) (Lepidoptera:Tortricidae)
B Frerot1, M Gallois, M Lettere
1Laboratoire des Médiateurs chimiques INRA/CNRS, Domaine de Brouessy, Magny-les-Hameaux, 78470, St-Rémy-Les-Chevreuse, France.
Abstract:
90% (Z)-11-tetradecen-1-yl acetate, 5% (Z)-9-tetradecen-1-yl acetate, 5% (Z)-11-tetradecen-1-ol, dodecyl acetate (<1%), and tetradecyl acetate (<1%) were identified from gland extracts ofPandemis heparana females by gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis (including mass fragmentography studies), chemical characterization, total synthesis, laboratory and field bioassays. In the field, a mixture of (Z)-11-tetradecen-l-yl acetate and (Z)-9-tetradecen-l-yl acetate (95∶5) was found to be essential for attractiveness ofP. heparana males.

