(Z, Z)-4, 7-Tridecadien-(S)-2-yl acetate: sex pheromone of Douglas-fir cone gall midge, Contarinia oregonensis

…, G Gries, RG Bennett, GGS King, P Morewood…

Index: Gries, Regine; Khaskin, Grigori; Gries, Gerhard; Bennett, Robb G.; King, G.G. Skip; Morewood, Petra; Slessor, Keith N.; Morewood, W. Dean Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2002 , vol. 28, # 11 p. 2283 - 2297

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Abstract

Abstract Our objectives were to identify and field test the sex pheromone of female Douglas- fir cone gall midge, Contarinia oregonensis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Coupled gas chromatographic–electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) analyses of pheromone extract revealed a single compound (A) that elicited responses from male antennae. Hydrogenation of pheromone extract, followed by renewed GC-EAD analysis, revealed a ...