Sex Pheromones of the Green Mirid, 'Creontiades dilutus' (Stål) (Hemiptera: Miridae)

Title
Sex Pheromones of the Green Mirid, 'Creontiades dilutus' (Stål) (Hemiptera: Miridae)
Publication Date
2009
Author(s)
Lowor, Samuel T
Gregg, Peter
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7534-3567
Email: pgregg@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:pgregg
del Socorro, Alice
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Academic Journals
Place of publication
Nigeria
UNE publication id
une:6011
Abstract
Whole body extracts and air collections from 'Creontiades dilutus' males and females were analyzed to identify the sex pheromone components. The major component, hexyl hexanoate was found in whole body extracts and air collections from both sexes, while the min or component, (E) -2-hexenyl hexanoate, was only present in the female air collections. Field trapping experiments were conducted to determine the attractiveness of either of the single components and various binary blends to males. The optimum blend that consistently caught males in pheromone traps was a 5:1 ratio of hexyl hexanoate and (E) -2-hexenyl hexanoate. Trapping studies also showed that green mirids came to pheromone traps only between 18:00 and 06:00 h, suggesting that they might be nocturnal rather than diurnal insects as previously thought.
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Citation
International Journal of Agricultural Research, 4(4), p. 137-145
ISSN
2152-2553
1816-4897
Start page
137
End page
145

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