title: Attractiveness of a four-component pheromone blend to male navel orangeworm moths.
abstract: The attractiveness to male navel orangeworm moth, Amyelois transitella, of various combinations of a four-component pheromone blend was measured in wind-tunnel bioassays. Upwind flight along the pheromone plume and landing on the odor source required the simultaneous presence of two components, (11Z,13Z)-hexadecadienal and (3Z,6Z,9Z,12Z,15Z)-tricosapentaene, and the addition of either (11Z,13Z)-hexadecadien-1-ol or (11Z,13E)-hexadecadien-1-ol. A mixture of all four components produced the highest levels of rapid source location and source contact. In wind-tunnel assays, males did not seem to distinguish among a wide range of ratios of any of the three components added to (11Z,13Z)-hexadecadienal. Dosages of 10 and 100 ng of the 4-component blend produced higher levels of source location than dosages of 1 and 1,000 ng.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
authors.forename: Hiroo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanno
authors.forename: L P S
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Kuenen
authors.forename: Kimberly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Klingler
authors.forename: Jocelyn G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Millar
authors.forename: Ring T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Cardé
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009036:Moths / Q000502:physiology*; D010675:Pheromones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011090:Polyenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D010675:Pheromones; D011090:Polyenes; C061128:11-hexadecenal
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