(2S, 12Z)-2-acetoxy-12-heptadecene: Major sex pheromone component of pistachio twig borer, Kermania pistaciella

…, G Khaskin, H Daroogheh, C Mart, S Karadag…

Index: Gries, Regine; Khaskin, Grigori; Daroogheh, Hassan; Mart, Cafer; Karadag, Serpil; Er, M. Kubilay; Britton, Robert; Gries, Gerhard Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2006 , vol. 32, # 12 p. 2667 - 2677

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Abstract

Abstract The sex pheromone of the pistachio twig borer, Kermania pistaciella (Lepidoptera: Oinophilidae), one of the most important insect pests of pistachio, Pistacia vera, in Turkey and Iran, was identified. In gas chromatographic-electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) and GC-mass spectrometric analyses of pheromone gland extracts of female K. pistaciella from Turkey,(2 S, 12 Z)-2-acetoxy-12-heptadecene was identified as the major candidate ...