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Attractiveness of a Four-component Pheromone Blend to Male Navel Orangeworm Moths

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: The attractiveness to male navel orangeworm moth, Amyelois transitella, of various combinations of a four-component pheromone blend was measured in wind-tunnel bioassays. Upwind flight along the pheromone plume and landing on the odor source required the simultaneous presence of two components, (11Z,13Z)-hexadecadienal and (3Z,6Z,9Z,12Z,15Z)-tricosapentaene, and the addition of either (11Z,13Z)-hexadecadien-1-ol or (11Z,13E)-hexadecadien-1-ol. A mixture of all four components produced the highest levels of rapid source location and source contact. In wind-tunnel assays, males did not seem to distinguish among a wide range of ratios of any of the three components added to (11Z,13Z)-hexadecadienal. Dosages of 10 and 100 ng of the 4-component blend produced higher levels of source location than dosages of 1 and 1,000 ng.

Source: Journal of Chemical Ecology

DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9799-x

Authors: Hiroo Kanno, L. P. S. Kuenen, Kimberly A. Klingler, Jocelyn G. Millar, Ring T. Cardé

Institutions: University of California, Riverside, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture

Language: English

Topic: Insect Pheromone Research and Control

Subfield: Insect Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,890

Funder: Almond Board of California