title: Reexamination of tetradecenyl acetates in oak leaf roller sex pheromone and in plants.
abstract: The chemistry of the oak leaf roller sex pheromone is shown by means of microozonolysis and computerized gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to be dominated by an approximate 70 to 30 ratio of E- and Z-11-tetradecenyl acetates. Tetradecenyl acetates are undetectable in highly purified oak leaf, apple leaf, and corn extracts analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. These results reflect negatively on previous reports and on the hypothesis that plant components might govern insect chemical communication systems.
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D007313:Insecta / Q000032:analysis*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D010675:Pheromones / Q000032:analysis*; D010944:Plants / Q000032:analysis*; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D010675:Pheromones; D012724:Sex Attractants