Abstract
Micro techniques were used to obtain spectroscopic and degradative information from less than 5μg of the sex attractant of female white peach scale, Pseudaulascaspis pentagons (Targioni-Tozzetti) isolated from airborne collections. The pheromone was identified as (Z)-3,9-dimethyl-6-isopropenyl-3,9-decadien-1-ol propionate. Both enantiomers of the Z isomer and also the enantiomers of the E isomer were prepared from (R)-or (S)-limonene. Bioassays of material with minimum enantiomeric purity of 95% showed that at extreme dilution only the R,Z isomer attracted male white peach scale; however activity of the S,Z enantiomer could not be completely excluded.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 941-953 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Journal of Chemical Ecology |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 1 1979 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Biochemistry
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Heath, R. R., McLaughlin, J. R., Tumlinson, III, J. H., Ashley, T. R., & Doolittle, R. E. (1979). Identification of the white peach scale sex pheromone - An illustration of micro techniques. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 5(6), 941-953. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00990217