(2S,12Z)-2-Acetoxy-12-heptadecene: Major Sex Pheromone Component of Pistachio Twig Borer, Kermania pistaciella[Erratum: 2007 Feb., v. 33, no. 2, p. 447-448.]
2006
Gries, R. | Khaskin, G. | Daroogheh, H. | Mart, C. | Karadag, S. | Er, M.K. | Britton, R. | Gries, G.
The sex pheromone of the pistachio twig borer, Kermania pistaciella (Lepidoptera: Oinophilidae), one of the most important insect pests of pistachio, Pistacia vera, in Turkey and Iran, was identified. In gas chromatographic-electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) and GC-mass spectrometric analyses of pheromone gland extracts of female K. pistaciella from Turkey, (2S,12Z)-2-acetoxy-12-heptadecene was identified as the major candidate pheromone component. In field experiments in Turkey, lures containing synthetic (2S,12Z)-2-acetoxy-12-heptadecene attracted large numbers of male moths. Its attractiveness was significantly reduced by the presence of the R-enantiomer or of either enantiomer of the corresponding alcohol. (2S,12Z)-2-Acetoxy-12-heptadecene is the first pheromone component identified in the Oinophilidae and the first secondary acetate pheromone component identified in the Lepidoptera.
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