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R Nishida1, T C Baker, W L Roelofs
1Department of Entomology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, 14456, Geneva, New York.
Journal of Chemical Ecology
|January 14, 2014
Abstract:
MaleGrapholitha molesta hairpencil components are ethyltrans-cinnamate, mellein, methyl jasmonate, and methyl 2-epijasmonate. The natural behavioral effect elicited by hairpencil-displaying males during courtship in attracting sex-pheromone-releasing females from several centimeters away can be duplicated by mixtures of ethyltrans-cinnamate in various combinations with the other components.
