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
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Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Sex pheromone, Sex attractant, Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Chilo partellus, Spotted stalk borer, Electroantennography, (Z)-I l-hexadecenal, (Z)-I 1-hexadecen-l-ol, (Z)-9-tetradecenyl formate |
| Subjects: | Others |
| Depositing User: | Mr Ramesh K |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Sep 2016 04:31 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2016 04:31 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/9657 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00987696 |
| Projects: | UNSPECIFIED |
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| Acknowledgement: | We thank Dr. R.E. Roome (Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London) for the supply of insect material, and Dr. J.D. Skinner II for early field investigations at ICRISAT. |
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