Skip Navigation

Forestry 1979 52(1):83-90; doi:10.1093/forestry/52.1.83
© 1979 by Institute of Chartered Foresters
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by BLIGHT, M. M.
Right arrow Articles by KING, C.J.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Field Attraction of Scolytus scolytus (F.) to the Enantiomers of 4-Methyl-3-heptanol, the Major Component of the Aggregation Pheromone

MARGARET M. BLIGHT, L.J. WADHAMS, M.J. WENHAM and C.J. KING

Agricultural Research Council, Unit of Invertebrate Chemistry and Physiology, University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton BNI 9RQ
Forestry Commission Research Station, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham, Surrey

The attraction of Scolytus scolytus (F.) to the four enantiomers of 4-methyl-3-heptanol, the major component of the aggregation pheromone, was studied in the field. Only the (–)–threo isomer attracted significantly more beetles than the blank (control), and the response to this isomer was not significantly different from the response to commercial 4-methyl-3-heptanol, which contains all four isomers. There was no evidence for inhibition of attraction by the other three isomers. Commercial 4-methyl-3-heptanol could therefore be used, in combination with other components of the aggregation pheromone, for population sampling and control by mass trapping of S. scolytus.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.