Reexamination of Tetradecenyl Acetates in Oak Leaf Roller Sex Pheromone and in Plants
- 7 January 1977
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 195 (4273), 86-89
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.831262
Abstract
The chemistry of the oak leaf roller sex pheromone is shown by means of microozonolysis and computerized gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to be dominated by an approximate 70 to 30 ratio of E- and Z-11-tetradecenyl acetates. Tetradecenyl acetates are undetectable in highly purified oak leaf, apple leaf, and corn extracts analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. These results reflect negatively on previous reports and on the hypothesis that plant components might govern insect chemical communication systems.Keywords
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