Canadian Forest Service Publications
Field and electroantennogram responses to sex pheromone optical isomers by monophagous jack pine sawflies (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae). 1984. Kraemer, M.; Coppel, H.; Matsumara, F.; Kikukawa, T.; Benoit, P. Journal of Chemical Ecology 10(7): 983-995.
Year: 1984
Issued by: Laurentian Forestry Centre
Catalog ID: 14488
Language: English
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Abstract
Several species of monophagous jack pine sawflies (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae) were tested in the field and by electroantennograms (EAG) for activity toward the optical isomers of a pine sawfly sex pheromone, the acetate and propionate esters of 3,7-dimethylpentadecan-2-ol. Neodiprion rugifrons and Neodiprion dubiosus were attracted to a mixture of the propionate esters of the 2S,3R,7R and 2S,3R,7S isomers, whereas Neodiprion swainei was attracted to the 2S,3S,7S propionate isomer. Samples containing the 2S,3R,7S propionate isomer elicited the strongest EAG responses in these three species and Neodiprion nigroscutum. The 2S,3S,7S propionate isomer was equally active (EAG) in the case of N. swainei.