title: Identification and synthesis of a kairomone inducing oviposition by parasitoidAphytis melinus from California red scale covers.
abstract: The parasitoid waspAphytis melinus uses a kairomone from the cover of its scale host, California red scale (Aonidiella aurantii), as an oviposition stimulant. The kairomone was isolated from extracts of scale covers, and identified asO-caffeoyltyrosine by a combination of spectroscopic methods. The kairomone was synthesized, and the synthetic compound was determined to be as active as the chemical isolated from scale covers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, University of California, 92521, Riverside, California.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Millar
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Hare