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Science 11 January 1974:
Vol. 183. no. 4120, pp. 89 - 90
DOI: 10.1126/science.183.4120.89
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Sex Pheromones: (E,E)-8,10-Dodecadien-1-ol in the Codling Moth

Morton Beroza 1, Barbara A. Bierl 1, and H. R. Moffitt 2

1 Agricultural Environmental Quality Institute, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland 20705
2 Yakimna Agricultural Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Yakima, Washington 98902

Although (E,E)-8,10-Dodecadien-l-ol was reported to be a sex pheromone of the codling moth [Laspeyresia pomonella (L.)], its presence in the moth was questioned, mainly because it has not been isolated. A computerized search of data from gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of a partially purified extract equivalent to 45 abdominal tips of female moths produced a mass spectrum that matched that of the authentic coinpound. Other data also confirmed the presence of the compound.

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