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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Components of female sex pheromone of cocoa pod borer moth, Conopomorpha cramerella
Journal of Chemical Ecology, Volume 12, No. 1, Year 1986
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The cocoa pod borer, Conopomorpha cramerella (Snellen) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), is the most serious pest of cocoa in Southeast Asia. Analyses of ovipositor washings and entrained volatiles from virgin female moths by gas chromatography (GC) linked to electroantennography (EAG), and comparison of EAG responses from the male moth to synthetic compounds indicated the presence of the E,Z,Z and E,E,Z isomers of 4,6,10-hexadecatrienyl acetate and the corresponding alcohols, and of hexadecyl alcohol. Amounts of pheromone produced were less than 0.1 ng/female, and no peaks for the unsaturated components were observed on GC analysis. Extensive field testing of synthetic mixtures in Sabah, East Malaysia, showed that traps baited with a polyethylene vial impregnated with 1.2 mg of a mixture of the above five components in 40:60:4:6:10 ratio caught more male C. cramerella moths than traps baited with a virgin female moth. © 1986 Plenum Publishing Corporation.
Authors & Co-Authors
Beevor, Peter S.
United Kingdom, London
Tropical Development and Research Institute
Cork, Alan R.
United Kingdom, London
Tropical Development and Research Institute
Hall, David Robert
United Kingdom, London
Tropical Development and Research Institute
Nesbitt, Brenda F.
United Kingdom, London
Tropical Development and Research Institute
Day, Roger K.
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Mumford, John D.
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Statistics
Citations: 34
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/BF01045587
ISSN:
15731561
Research Areas
Substance Abuse
Participants Gender
Male
Female