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COMPONENTS OF THE SEX PHEROMONE GLAND OF THE EASTERN SPRUCE BUDWORM, CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

C.J. Wiesner ,
P.J. Silk ,
S.-H. Tan ,
P. Palaniswamy  and
J.O. Schmidt
C.J. Wiesner
Affiliation:
Research and Productivity Council, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5H1
P.J. Silk
Affiliation:
Research and Productivity Council, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5H1
S.-H. Tan
Affiliation:
Research and Productivity Council, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5H1
P. Palaniswamy
Affiliation:
Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5A3
J.O. Schmidt
Affiliation:
Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5A3
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The major component of the sex pheromone of the eastern spruce budwonn was established by Weatherston et al. (1971) to be trans-11-tetradecenal. Subsequently it was found (Sanders and Weatherston 1976) that a small proportion of cis-11-tetradecenal was essential to attraction and indeed was a component of the natural pheromone. In addition Weatherston and Maclean (1974) have shown that the female sex pheromone gland contains trans-11-tetradecenol, a presumed biosynthetic precursor to the aldehyde.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 111 , Issue 11 , November 1979 , pp. 1311
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1979

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