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Use of modern gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) for the identification of insect pheromones, using a minimum of insect material, is described for three extreme cases: (i) a mosquito oviposition pheromone: a GC-MS peak but no evidence of activity; (ii) the Siiona lineatus aggregation pheromone: no GC-MS peaks in active region; (iii) aphid sex pheromones: GC-MS peaks associated with activity — the ideal situation.
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Pickett, J.A. (1990). Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry in Insect Pheromone Identification: Three Extreme Case Histories. In: McCaffery, A.R., Wilson, I.D. (eds) Chromatography and Isolation of Insect Hormones and Pheromones. Chromatographic Society Symposium Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8062-7_29
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