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A pheromone mixture containing enantiomerically pure (−)-α-multistriatin of known absolute configuration prepared by total synthesis was found to be as attractive as the natural pheromone to the smaller European elm bark beetle,Scolytus multistriatus, a vector of Dutch elm disease. Its (+)-enantiomer, on the other hand, was no more active than controls in both laboratory and field tests, and at high levels it appeared to inhibit the response to the (−)-enantiomer.
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Elliott, W.J., Hromnak, G., Fried, J. et al. Synthesis of multistriatin enantiomers and their action onScolytus multistriatus (Coleoptera:Scolytidae). J Chem Ecol 5, 279–287 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00988242
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