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Components of the sex pheromone of the female spotted stalk borer,Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): Identification and preliminary field trials

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10.1007/BF00987696
 
Title Components of the sex pheromone of the female spotted stalk borer,Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): Identification and preliminary field trials
 
Creator Nesbitt, B F
Beevor, P S
Hall, D R
Lester, R
Davies, J C
Seshu Reddy, K V
 
Subject Others
 
Description FemaleChilo partellus (Swinhoe) abdominal tip extracts were examined by gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) combined with simultaneous electroantennographic (EAG) recording from the male moth. Two olfactory stimulants were detected and identified as (Z)-11-hexadecenal (I) and (Z)-11-hexadecen-1-ol (II) by their GLC behavior, microchemical reactions, and comparison with synthetic materials. Both compounds were detected in volatiles emitted by the “calling” female moth. Synthetic (Z)-9-tetradecenyl formate, a structural analog of aldehyde (I), also elicited a significant EAG response from the male moth. Field trials carried out in India using synthetic (I) and (II) as bait in water traps showed that compound (I) was highly attractive to maleC. partellus; compound (II) was not attractive, and its addition to (I) significantly reduced trap catches.
 
Publisher Plenum Publishing Corporation
 
Date 1979-01
 
Type Article
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Language en
 
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Nesbitt, B F and Beevor, P S and Hall, D R and Lester, R and Davies, J C and Seshu Reddy, K V (1979) Components of the sex pheromone of the female spotted stalk borer,Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): Identification and preliminary field trials. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 5 (1). pp. 153-163. ISSN 0098-0331