The Canadian Entomologist (2011) 143, 447-454

Sergio López, Carmen Quero, Juan Carlos Iturrondobeitia, Ángel Guerrero and Arturo Goldarazena (2011)
Evidence for (E)-pityol as an aggregation pheromone of Pityophthorus pubescens (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
The Canadian Entomologist 143 (5), 447-454
Abstract: We present evidence favoring the use of (E)-pityol as an aggregation pheromone in Pityophthorus pubescens (Marsham). (E)-Pityol was detected in effluvia of male and female P. pubescens, and antennae of both sexes responded to (E)-(+)-pityol in electroantennogram assays. In two-choice olfactometer tests, males significantly preferred (E)-(+)-pityol and (E)-(±)-pityol to blank controls at doses of 1, 10, and 100 ng, whereas females only showed a preference for (E)-pityol at the 1 ng dose.
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Database assignments for author(s): Arturo Goldarazena, Angel Guerrero

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pheromones/attractants/traps

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Pityophthorus pubescens