title: (2S,12Z)-2-Acetoxy-12-heptadecene: major sex pheromone component of pistachio twig borer, Kermania pistaciella.
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, (2S,12Z)-2-acetoxy-12-heptadecene was identified as the major candidate pheromone component. In field experiments in Turkey, lures containing synthetic (2S,12Z)-2-acetoxy-12-heptadecene attracted large numbers of male moths. Its attractiveness was significantly reduced by the presence of the R-enantiomer or of either enantiomer of the corresponding alcohol. (2S,12Z)-2-Acetoxy-12-heptadecene is the first pheromone component identified in the Oinophilidae and the first secondary acetate pheromone component identified in the Lepidoptera.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, V5A 1S6. gries@sfu.ca
authors.forename: Regine
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gries
authors.forename: Grigori
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Khaskin
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Daroogheh
authors.forename: Cafer
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mart
authors.forename: Serpil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karadag
authors.forename: M Kubilay
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Er
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Britton
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gries
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates; D000475:Alkenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000737:chemistry*; D027927:Pistacia; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: C519799:2-acetoxy-12-heptadecene; D000085:Acetates; D000475:Alkenes; D012724:Sex Attractants