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A SEX PHEROMONE MIXTURE FOR THE BERTHA ARMYWORM MOTH, MAMESTRA CONFIGURATA1: (Z)-9-TETRADECEN-1-OL ACETATE AND (Z)-11-HEXADECEN-1-OL ACETATE2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

E.W. Underhill ,
W.F. Steck  and
M.D. Chisholm
E.W. Underhill
Affiliation:
Prairie Regional Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W9
W.F. Steck
Affiliation:
Prairie Regional Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W9
M.D. Chisholm
Affiliation:
Prairie Regional Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W9
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Abstract

An abdominal tip extract of female bertha armyworm moths, Mamestra configurata (Walker), was found to contain two sex pheromone components. One corresponded to (Z)-11-hexadecen-1-ol acetate, previously identified from this source, and the other to a tetradecen-1-ol acetate, identified by gas chromatography – mass spectrometry. Data obtained from the EAG profile of isomeric tetradecen-1-ol acetates indicated the active component to be (Z)-9-tetradecen-1-ol acetate. Neither of these two acetates was by itself attractive to males in field tests; however, mixtures were attractive, with the best attraction occurring with a C16:C14 acetate ratio of about 19:1.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 109 , Issue 10 , October 1977 , pp. 1335 - 1340
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1977

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