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Gueldner RC, Nordlund DA, Lewis WJ, et al. Kairomones and their use for management of entomophagous insects. XV. : Identification of several acids in scales ofHeliothis zea moths and comments on their possible role as kairomones forTrichogramma pretiosum. J Chem Ecol. 1984;10(2):245-51doi: 10.1007/BF00987852.
Gueldner, R. C., Nordlund, D. A., Lewis, W. J., Thean, J. E., & Wilson, D. M. (1984). Kairomones and their use for management of entomophagous insects. XV. : Identification of several acids in scales ofHeliothis zea moths and comments on their possible role as kairomones forTrichogramma pretiosum. Journal of chemical ecology, 10(2), 245-51. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00987852
Gueldner, R C, et al. "Kairomones and their use for management of entomophagous insects. XV. : Identification of several acids in scales ofHeliothis zea moths and comments on their possible role as kairomones forTrichogramma pretiosum." Journal of chemical ecology vol. 10,2 (1984): 245-51. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00987852
Gueldner RC, Nordlund DA, Lewis WJ, Thean JE, Wilson DM. Kairomones and their use for management of entomophagous insects. XV. : Identification of several acids in scales ofHeliothis zea moths and comments on their possible role as kairomones forTrichogramma pretiosum. J Chem Ecol. 1984 Feb;10(2):245-51. doi: 10.1007/BF00987852. PMID: 24318493.
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J Chem Ecol. 1984 Feb;10(2):245-51. doi: 10.1007/BF00987852.

Kairomones and their use for management of entomophagous insects. XV. : Identification of several acids in scales ofHeliothis zea moths and comments on their possible role as kairomones forTrichogramma pretiosum.

Journal of chemical ecology

R C Gueldner, D A Nordlund, W J Lewis, J E Thean, D M Wilson

Affiliations

  1. Southern Grain Insects Research Laboratory, 5USDA-ARS, 31793, Tifton, Georgia.

PMID: 24318493 DOI: 10.1007/BF00987852

Abstract

Acids found in moth scales of laboratory-rearedHeliothis zea (Boddie) moths are hexanoic, heptanoic, octanoic, nonanoic, 2- (or 3-) furan carboxylic, phenylacetic, benzoic, sorbic, and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid. The last two of these acids are preservatives added to the artifical diet as sorbic acid and methyl-p-hydroxybenzoate. FemaleTrichogramma pretiosum Riley exhibited increased rates of parasitization ofH. zea eggs in the presence of some of these compounds in laboratory experiments. Exposure to a mixture of all of these compounds did not increase parasitization, and the elimination of acids from the crude moth-scale extract did not reduce parasitization by the wasps.

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