Primary attraction of the fir engraver, Scolytus ventralis

JE Macias-Samano, JH Borden, R Gries…

Index: MacIas-Samano; Borden; Gries; Pierce Jr.; King Journal of Chemical Ecology, 1998 , vol. 24, # 6 p. 1049 - 1075

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Abstract

Abstract In laboratory bioassays, Porapak Q-captured and steam-distilled volatiles from the bark of host trees, Abies grandis, particularly from root-rot-infected trees, attracted 50–70% of male and female fir engravers, Scolytus ventralis. Gas chromatographic– electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) analyses of Porapak Q-captured bark volatiles revealed 19 EAD-active compounds of which 13 (mostly monoterpenes) were identified by ...