title: Synthesis and field evaluation of the sex pheromone analogues to soybean pod borer Leguminivora glycinivorella.
abstract: In order to develop efficient lures for soybean pod borer Leguminivora glycinivorella (Matsumura) in China, (E,E)-8,10-dodecadienyl acetate (EE-8,10-12:Ac), the main component of the pheromone of L. glycinivorella, and 12 structurally-related compounds were synthesised in good overall yields, regiospecificities, and stereo-selectivities via coupling reactions catalysed by Li₂CuCl₄. The effect of different synthetic compounds, alone or in combination with EE-8,10-12:Ac, on numbers of captured L. glycinivorella males was evaluated. EE-8,10-12:Ac, (E)-10-dodecenyl acetate (E-10-12:Ac), (E)-8-dodecenol (E-8-12:OH), tetradecyl acetate (14:Ac), and (Z)-9-tetradecenyl acetate (Z-9-14:Ac) alone displayed different attractiveness to L. glycinivorella males. 14:Ac, E-8-12:OH, E-10-12:Ac, (E,E)-8,10-dodecadienal (EE-8,10-12:Ald), (E)-8-dodecenal (E-8-12:Ald), (E)-10-dodecenal (E-10-12:Ald) and Z-9-14:Ac all showed a synergistic effect to EE-8,10-12:Ac at certain dosages. The binary mixtures of EE-8,10-12:Ac and E-10-12:Ald, Z-9-14:Ac,14:Ac, E-8-12:Ald, EE-8,10-12:Ald, E-8-12:OH, or E-10-12:Ac in suitable ratios give 17.00-, 10.98-, 10.67-, 6.73-, 5.54-, 4.30- and 4.50-fold increases in trap catch, respectively, over the standard pheromone lure, and as novel pheromone blends, demonstrated potential use in pheromone traps to monitor or control L. glycinivorella populations in China.
authors.affiliation: Biorational Pesticide Research & Development Center, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China. hudaihua007@163.com
authors.forename: Dai-Hua
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Yi-Wan
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jun-Tao
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Xing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D009036:Moths / Q000502:physiology*; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000502:physiology; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal
chemical_list: D012724:Sex Attractants