Clarification of the Chemical Status of the Pink Bollworm Sex Pheromone

Propylure, 10-n-propyl-trans-5,9-tridecadienyl acetate, and deet, N,N,-diethyl-m-toluamide, were previously reported as the sex pheromone and a sex pheromone activator, respectively, of the pink bollworm. Neither chemical in three extracts of female moth abdomen tips could be detected by gas-liquid...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1973-08, Vol.181 (4102), p.873-875
Main Authors: Hummel, H. E., Gaston, Lyle K., Shorey, H. H., Kaae, R. S., Byrne, Kevin J., Silverstein, Robert M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Acetates
Bollworms
Hydrogen
Isomers
Mating behavior
Mental stimulation
Moths
Sex attractants
Virgin females
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Summary:Propylure, 10-n-propyl-trans-5,9-tridecadienyl acetate, and deet, N,N,-diethyl-m-toluamide, were previously reported as the sex pheromone and a sex pheromone activator, respectively, of the pink bollworm. Neither chemical in three extracts of female moth abdomen tips could be detected by gas-liquid chromatographic analysis. These compounds, alone or in combination, exhibited little or no biological activity in the laboratory or in the field. Hexalure, cis-7-hexadecenyl acetate, a synthetic attractant for pink bollworm males, could not be detected in female moth abdomen tip extracts. The pink bollworm sex pheromone was identified as a mixture of cis,cis and cis,trans isomers of 7,11-hexadecadienyl acetate.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.181.4102.873