Isolation, identification and field tests of the sex pheromone of the carambola fruit borer, Eucosma notanthes

Authors
Hung, CC Hwang, JS Hung, MD Yen, YP Hou, RF
Citation
Cc. Hung et al., Isolation, identification and field tests of the sex pheromone of the carambola fruit borer, Eucosma notanthes, J CHEM ECOL, 27(9), 2001, pp. 1855-1866
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY
ISSN journal
00980331 → ACNP
Volume
27
Issue
9
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1855 - 1866
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-0331(200109)27:9<1855:IIAFTO>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Two components, (Z)-8-dodecenyl acetate (Z8-12:Ac) and (Z)-8-dodecenol (Z8- 12:OH). were isolated from sex pheromone glands of the carambola fruit bore r, Eucosma notanthes, and were identified by GC, and GC-MS, chemical deriva tization, and comparison of retention times. The ratio of the alcohol to ac etate in the sex pheromone extracts was 2.7. However, synthetic mixtures (1 mg) in ratios ranging from 0.5 to 1.5 were more effective than other blend s in trapping male moths in field tests.