Regulation of sex pheromone biosynthesis in three Plusiinae moths: Macdunnoughia confusa, Anadevidia peponis, and Chrysodeixis eriosoma

…, S Inomata, A Ono, H Watanabe, T Ando

Index: Komoda, Mitsuaki; Inomata, Shin-Ichi; Ono, Akihiko; Watanabe, Hayaki; Ando, Tetsu Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 2000 , vol. 64, # 10 p. 2145 - 2151

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Abstract

Virgin females of M. confusa, A. peponis, and C. eriosoma secrete (Z)-7-dodecenyl acetate as a common main pheromone component. Their pheromone titers decreased after decapitation, and increased in the decapitated females after injection of a synthetic hormone, pheromone biosynthetic activating neuropeptide (PBAN) of Bombyx mori. In addition, an extract of brain-subesophageal ganglion complexes of each Plusiinae ...