(11Z,13E)-hexadecadien-1-yl acetate: Sex pheromone of the grass webworm Herpetogramma licarsisalis - Identification, synthesis, and field bioassays

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 839-847

  Gibb, Andrew R ^a   Suckling, D Max ^a   El Sayed, Ashraf M ^a   Bohman, Björn ^b   Unelius, C Rikard ^b   Dymock, Jennifer J ^c   Larsen, Michelle L ^d   Willoughby, Bruce E ^e  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Bugs Ed ^*  (New Zealand)

^d Bugs Ed   (Australia)

^e RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

(11Z,13E) Hexadecadien 1 ol; (11Z,13E) Hexadecadien 1 yl acetate; (Z) 11 Hexadecen 1 yl acetate; Behavioral antagonist; Crambidae; Grass webworm; Herpetogramma licarsisalis; MTAD

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ANTAGONISM; ATTRACTANT; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CATERPILLAR; INHIBITOR; MOTH; PHEROMONE TRAP; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; MOTHS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; INDOOROOPILLY; QUEENSLAND;

CRAMBIDAE; HERPETOGRAMMA LICARSISALIS; LEPIDOPTERA; POACEAE;

EID: 33947509275     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9259-4     Document Type: Article

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