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(E,E)-10,12-Hexadecadienal: A component of the female sex pheromone of the spiny bollworm,Earias insulana (Boisd.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

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(E,E)-10,12-Hexadecadienal has been identified as a component of the sex pheromone of the female spiny bollworm moth,Earias insulana, by gas-chromatographic, electroantennographic and microchemical studies of abdominal tip extracts and entrained volatiles from female moths.

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  1. Tropical Products Institute, 56/62, Gray's Inn Road, WC1X 8LU, London, England

    D. R. Hall, P. S. Beevor, R. Lester & Brenda F. Nesbitt

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This work was carried out under Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food licence HH 11599/139, issued under the Destructive Pests and Diseases of Plants Order 1965.

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Hall, D.R., Beevor, P.S., Lester, R. et al. (E,E)-10,12-Hexadecadienal: A component of the female sex pheromone of the spiny bollworm,Earias insulana (Boisd.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Experientia 36, 152–154 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01953701

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