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J Chem Ecol. 1996 Apr;22(4):787-800. doi: 10.1007/BF02033586.

Sex pheromone of tomato pestScrobipalpuloides absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae).

Journal of chemical ecology

A Svatoš, A B Attygalle, G N Jham, R T Frighetto, E F Vilela, D Saman, J Meinwald

Affiliations

  1. Baker Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, 14853, Ithaca, N.Y..

PMID: 24227585 DOI: 10.1007/BF02033586

Abstract

The sex attractant ofScrobipalpuloides absoluta females is a 90:10 mixture of (3E,8Z,11Z)-3,8,11-tetradecatrien-1-yl acetate and (3E,8Z)-3,8-tetradecadien-1-yl acetate. Tetradecadienyl acetates bearing 8Z,11Z; 3E,8Z; and 3E,11Z double bonds were synthesized by stereospecific procedures; the mass spectral and gas chromatographic properties of the 3E,8Z isomer were found to be congruent with those of the tetradecadienyl acetate fromS. absoluta. In wind tunnel bioassays, a 10:1 mixture of synthetic (3E,8Z,11Z)-3,8,11-tetradecatrien-1-yl acetate and (3E,8Z)-3,8-tetradecadien-1-yl acetate was highly attractive toS. absoluta males. Interestingly, the presence of (8Z,11Z)-8,11-tetradecadien-1-yl acetate (10%) inhibited the response to (3E,8Z,11Z)-3,8,11-tetradecatrien-1-yl acetate completely.

References

  1. Bioorg Med Chem. 1996 Mar;4(3):305-14 - PubMed

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