Journal of Applied Entomology - Zeitschrift für angewandte Entomologie (1998) 122, 259-264

N.J. Liquido, A.P. Khrimian, A.B. DeMilo and G.T. McQuate (1998)
Monofluoro analogues of methyl eugenol: new attractants for males of Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Dipt., Tephritidae)
Journal of Applied Entomology - Zeitschrift für angewandte Entomologie 122 (5), 259-264
Abstract: Reports questioning the safety of methyl eugenol (1,2-dimethoxy-4-[2-propenyl] benzene) stimulated us to develop and test synthetic analogues that may be used as alternative attractants for oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel), males. Attraction to one propyl-substituted and six monofluorine-substituted methyl eugenol analogues were compared with attraction to methyl eugenol infield bioassays with both laboratory-reared and wild oriental fruit fly males. The attractiveness of the test compounds to oriental fruit fly males was compared using two parameters: number of adults caught per trap and number of adults caught per mg of compounds released in traps. Based on these two parameters (E)-1,2-dimethoxy-4-(3-fluoro-2-propenyl)benzene was consistently as attractive as methyl eugenol to both laboratory-reared and wild oriental fruit fly males. With further studies to determine optimum release rates, (E)-1,2-dimethoxy-4-(3-fluoro-2-propenyl)benzene may potentially replace methyl eugenol for survey, detection, delimitation of infestation and eradication of oriental fruit fly populations.
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Database assignments for author(s): Grant T. McQuate, Ashot Khrimian

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.
	Bactrocera dorsalis