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Small Proportion of Opposite Geometric Isomer increases Potency of Synthetic Pheromone of Oriental Fruit Moth

Nature New Biology volume 244, pages 149–150 (1973)Cite this article

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THE sex pheromone of the oriental fruit moth, Grapholitha molesta (Busck), which is emitted by the female to lure the male for mating, was reported by Roelofs et al. to be (Z)-8-dodecen-1-ol acetate1 (formerly referred to as cis-8-dodecen-1-ol acetate). The attraction of this lure is enhanced by the addition of a ten-fold quantity of synergist, dodecyl alcohol2.

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  1. Agricultural Research Center, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Environmental Quality Institute, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705

    MORTON BEROZA & G. M. MUSCHIK

  2. US Department of Agriculture, South-eastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Station, Byron, Georgia, 31008

    C. R. GENTRY

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BEROZA, M., MUSCHIK, G. & GENTRY, C. Small Proportion of Opposite Geometric Isomer increases Potency of Synthetic Pheromone of Oriental Fruit Moth. Nature New Biology 244, 149–150 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio244149a0

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