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Science 15 October 1971:
Vol. 174. no. 4006, pp. 297 - 299
DOI: 10.1126/science.174.4006.297
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Sex Attractant of the Codling Moth: Characterization with Electroantennogram Technique

Wendell Roelofs 1, André Comeau 1, Ada Hill 1, and G. Milicevic 1

1 Department of Entomology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva 14456

trans-8, trans-10-Dodecadien-1-ol is a sex attractant of the codling moth, Laspeyresia pomonella. Antennal responses (electroantennograms) to a series of monounsaturated compounds were used in determining the location and configuration of the two double bonds. The synthetic compound is very attractive to male codling moths in the field.


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