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SEX PHEROMONE OF THE EASTERN SPRUCE BUDWORM (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE): OPTIMUM BLEND OF TRANS- AND CIS-11-TETRADECENAL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

C. J. Sanders  and
J. Weatherston
C. J. Sanders
Affiliation:
Great Lakes Forest Research Centre, Canadian Forestry Service, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
J. Weatherston
Affiliation:
Insect Pathology Research Institute, Canadian Forestry Service, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
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Abstract

A reinvestigation of the sex pheromone of the eastern spruce bud worm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.), showed that it contains 11-tetradecenal in the ratio 96% trans-: 4% cis-. Field trapping showed the pure trans- compound to be only slightly attractive. Maximum attraction occurred in the range 2% to 5% cis-.

Résumé

De nouvelles recherches sur la phéromone sexuelle de la Tordeuse des bourgeons de l’Epinette Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.), ont démontré qu’elle comporte du 11-tétradécenal dans une proportion de 96% trans- : 4% cis-. Le piégeage sur le terrain a indiqué que le composé pur trans- était assez peu attractif. L’attraction maximum se produisit dans la gamme variant de 2% à 5% cis-.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 108 , Issue 11 , November 1976 , pp. 1285 - 1290
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1976

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