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Influence of Two Acyclic Homoterpenes (Tetranorterpenes) on the Foraging Behavior of Anthonomus grandis Boh.
Journal of chemical ecology - 1 Apr 2016
Magalhães D M, Borges M, Laumann R A, Woodcock C M, Pickett J A, Birkett M A, Blassioli-Moraes Maria Carolina
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have shown that the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis, is attracted to constitutive and conspecific herbivore-induced cotton volatiles, preferring the blend emitted by cotton at the reproductive over the vegetative stage. Moreover, this preference was paralleled by the release of the acyclic homoterpenes (tetranorterpenes) (E)-4,8-dimethyl-1,3,7-nonatriene (DMNT) and...
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