Paper
Sex Pheromones of Lepidoptera. XXXIII. Evaluation of the Disruptive Effect of Tetradecyl Acetate on Sex Pheromone Communication in Pectinophora gossypiella
Published Dec 1, 1972 · J. R. Mclaughlin, L. K. Gaston, H. Shorey
Journal of Economic Entomology
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Abstract
Tetradecyl acetate reduces the catch of males of the pink bollworm, Pectinphora gossypiella (Saunders), when placed in traps baited with hexalure ( cis -7-hexadecenyl acetate), but it does not reduce their response to traps containing females which release the true sex pheromone of the species. Therefore, tetradecyl acetate cannot be used for disruption of P. gossypiella pheromone communication by the environmental permeation technique.
Tetradecyl acetate reduces male pink bollworm catch in traps with hexalure, but does not disrupt their response to females releasing the true sex pheromone, making it ineffective for disrupting pheromone communication using environmental permeation techniques.
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