Fluorine-substituted pheromone components affect the behavior of the grape berry moth

Abstract

Partially fluorinated analogs of (Z)-9-dodecenyl acetate, the major pheromone component of the grape berry moth Eupoecilia ambiguella, produced a variety of different behaviors in wind tunnel and field trapping experiments. A difluoro analog was a potent attractant, the trifluoromethyl analog had little attractancy, and the pentafluoroethyl analog was a potent synergist for the natural pheromone.

Keywords

PHEROMONE ANALOG; MOTH BEHAVIOR; EUPOECILIA-AMBIGUELLA; GRAPE BERRY MOTH; HYDROPHOBIC SITES; RECEPTOR BINDING; FLUORINATION

Published in

Experientia
1990, Volume: 46, number: 11-12, pages: 1211-1213

UKÄ Subject classification

Ecology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01936940

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/110601