Journal of Chemical Ecology (1995) 21, 1065-1071

L.M. McDonough, H.G. Davis, P.S. Chapman and C.L. Smithhisler (1995)
Codling moth, Cydia pomonella, (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae): Is its sex pheromone multicomponent?
Journal of Chemical Ecology 21 (8), 1065-1071
Abstract: When the nine identified components in the effluvium of calling female codling moths were compared to pure synthetic (E,E)-8,10-dodecadien-1-ol in flight-tunnel tests, equal responses were obtained over a concentration range of 300-fold. When synthetic (E,E)-8,10-dodecadien-1-ol was compared to extract of female sex pheromone glands by a male wing-flutter bioassay, or in flight-tunnel tests, equal responses were obtained over a concentration range of 1000-fold. The sum total of these and previous studies indicate that the codling moth sex pheromone consists of only one component.
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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.
	Cydia pomonella