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Porapak-Q collection of airborne organic compounds serving as models for insect pheromones

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Organic compounds with properties resembling those of insect pheromones can be removed from an airstream by absorption on Porapak Q and recovered from the absorbent by extraction. When this procedure is applied to aeration of live insects, the Porapak extract represents a concentration of the chemical message.

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  1. College of Environmental Science and Forestry State University of New York, Syracuse, New York

    Kevin J. Byrne, William E. Gore, Glenn T. Pearce & Robert M. Silverstein

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Byrne, K.J., Gore, W.E., Pearce, G.T. et al. Porapak-Q collection of airborne organic compounds serving as models for insect pheromones. J Chem Ecol 1, 1–7 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00987716

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