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Simple extraction and bioassay of the female sex pheromone of the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri
Author(s) -
ROTUNDO G.,
TREMBLAY E.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1976.tb01686.x
Subject(s) - mealybug , diethyl ether , petroleum ether , biology , pheromone , sex pheromone , bioassay , ether , botany , extraction (chemistry) , horticulture , chromatography , organic chemistry , pest analysis , chemistry , ecology
SUMMARY The sex pheromone released by the females of the citrus mealybug was extracted from virgin females by ethanol, diethyl ether or petroleum ether but not by toluene, w‐hexane or w‐pentane. Extracts in ethanol, diethyl ether or petroleum ether placed on filter paper and hydrophilized polymethylmethacrylate disks elicited high attraction and copulation responses in the male mealybugs.