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A single compound with sex pheromone activity was isolated from the female soybean cyst nematode,Heterodera glycines, by a sequence of four high-performance liquid chromatographic steps and identified as vanillic acid by a combination of ultraviolet spectroscopy and chromatography. The structure was confirmed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Both attractancy and coiling behavior in male soybean cyst nematode were elicited by authentic vanillic acid.
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Jaffe, H., Huettel, R.N., Demilo, A.B. et al. Isolation and identification of a compound from soybean cyst nematode,Heterodera glycines, with sex pheromone activity. J Chem Ecol 15, 2031–2043 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01207435
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