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Science 26 December 1969:
Vol. 166. no. 3913, pp. 1626 - 1627
DOI: 10.1126/science.166.3913.1626
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Synthetic Juvenile Hormone: Induction of Sex Pheromone Production in Ips confusus

John H. Boriden 1, K. K. Nair 1, and Catherine E. Slater 1

1 Pestology Centre, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia

Topical application of 25, 50, or 100 micrograms of 10,11-epoxy-farnesenic acid methyl ester in peanut oil induced male Ips confusus to produce sex pheromone in the hindgut Malpighian tubule region. Twenty-four hours aftertreatment of male beetles with 100 micrograms of hormone, their hindgut Malpighian tubule extract was more attractive to female beetles in a laboratory bioassay than was extract from males producing pheromone naturally in ponderosa pine logs.


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