Identification of a female-produced sex pheromone from the southern corn rootworm, Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber

P. L. Guss; J. H. Tumlinson; P. E. Sonnet; J. R. McLaughlin

doi:10.1007/BF00994805

Identification of a female-produced sex pheromone from the southern corn rootworm, Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber

P. L. Guss, J. H. Tumlinson, P. E. Sonnet, J. R. McLaughlin

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A sex pheromone has been isolated and identified from virgin females of the southern corn rootworm (SCR), Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber. The synthesized compound, 10-methyl-2-tridecanone was shown to be attractive to males of the SCR, and also to males of D. u. undecimpunctata Mannerheim, the western spotted cucumber beetle (WSCB), and of D. u. duodecimnotata in Mexico. Males of both the SCR and the WSCB strongly preferred the R over the S enantiomer. The resolved enantiomers were not tested against D. u. duodecimnotata.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1363-1375
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Chemical Ecology
Volume	9
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00994805
State	Published - Sep 1983

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Identification of a female-produced sex pheromone from the southern corn rootworm, Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber

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