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Identification of sex pheromone components of the pea midge, Contarinia pisi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

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 Three components in extract of pheromone glands of female pea midges, Contarinia pisi, were found to be active on male pea midge antennae by coupled gas chromatographic-electroantennographic detection. The EAD active components were identified as 2-acetoxytridecane, (2S,11S)-diacetoxytridecane, and (2S,12S)-diacetoxytridecane. A blend of these compounds proved to be highly attractive to males in windtunnel experiments.

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  1. Department of Plant Protection Sciences, Swedish Agricultural University, P.O. Box 44, S-23053 Alnarp, Sweden, , , , , , SE

    Ylva Hillbur, Peter Anderson, Heinrich Arn, Marie Bengtsson & Jan Löfqvist

  2. Processors and Growers Research Organisation, Thornaugh, Peterborough, PE8 6HJ, UK, , , , , , GB

    Anthony J. Biddle

  3. Department of Chemistry, Mid-Sweden University, S-85170 Sundsvall, Sweden, , , , , , SE

    Olof Smitt & Hans-Erik Högberg

  4. Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Hamburg, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany, , , , , , DE

    Ernst Plass, Stephan Franke & Wittko Francke

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  1. Ylva Hillbur
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Received: 12 November 1998 / Accepted in revised form: 26 january 1999

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Hillbur, Y., Anderson, P., Arn, H. et al. Identification of sex pheromone components of the pea midge, Contarinia pisi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Naturwissenschaften 86, 292–294 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001140050618

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