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(Z)-11-HEXADECEN-1-OL: A BEHAVIORAL MODIFYING CHEMICAL PRESENT IN THE PHEROMONE GLAND OF FEMALE HELIOTHIS ZEA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

P. E. A. Teal ,
J. H. Tumlinson ,
J. R. McLaughlin ,
R. Heath  and
R. A. Rush
P. E. A. Teal
Affiliation:
Insect Attractants, Behavior, and Basic Biology Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Gainesville, Florida 32604
J. H. Tumlinson
Affiliation:
Insect Attractants, Behavior, and Basic Biology Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Gainesville, Florida 32604
J. R. McLaughlin
Affiliation:
Insect Attractants, Behavior, and Basic Biology Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Gainesville, Florida 32604
R. Heath
Affiliation:
Insect Attractants, Behavior, and Basic Biology Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Gainesville, Florida 32604
R. A. Rush
Affiliation:
Insect Attractants, Behavior, and Basic Biology Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Gainesville, Florida 32604
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Fourteen and 16 carbon saturated and monounsaturated aldehydes have been identified as sex pheromone components for the four. species of Heliothis studied to date (Nesbitt et al. 1979; Klun et al. 1979; Teal et al. 1981). With the exception of H. zea (Boddie), the alcohol corresponding to the major aldehyde component, (Z)-1 l-hexadecen- 1-ol (Zl l-16:OH), also has been found in pheromone gland extracts of all species. We report here the identification of Zll-16:OH from pheromone gland extracts of H. zea females and the results of field trapping studies used to assess the behavioral effects of this compound on conspecific males.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 116 , Issue 5 , May 1984 , pp. 777 - 779
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1984

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