title: Identification of the major sex pheromone component of the scale insect, Aulacaspis murrayae Takahashi.
abstract: (R)-Solanone was identified as a female-specific compound from aerations of virgin females of the scale insect, Aulacaspis murrayae Takahashi. The stereochemistry of the insect-produced solanone was confirmed to be (R) by comparison with synthesized racemic and chiral standards on a chiral stationary phase GC column. In bioassays, males were strongly attracted to a synthesized sample of (R)-solanone, demonstrating that this compound is a sex pheromone component for this species.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, 115, Republic of China, shine@gate.sinica.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Hsiao-Yung
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Bowroju Suresh
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Kuarm
authors.forename: Chi-Hung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Ke
authors.forename: Yi-Kai
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Han-Jung
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Chao-Chih
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Kelvin Kwen
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jocelyn G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Millar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D007300:Insect Control; D007659:Ketones / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013624:Taiwan
chemical_list: D007659:Ketones; D012724:Sex Attractants