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Science 18 November 1960:
Vol. 132. no. 3438, pp. 1480 - 1481
DOI: 10.1126/science.132.3438.1480
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n-Tridecane and trans-2-Heptenal in Scent Gland of the Rice Stink Bug Oebalus pugnax (F.)

Murray S. Blum 1, James G. Traynham 1, Julius B. Chidester 2, and J. Donald Boggus 2

1 Departments of Chemistry and Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
2 Ethyl Corporation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

The scent-gland secretion of the rice stink bug Oebalus pugnax (F.) is composed of a liquid two-phase system. The saturated hydrocarbon n-tridecane accounts for 60 percent of the secretion. In the other phase, the major organoleptic compound is the trans form of 2-heptenal.


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