Department of Biology, Laval University, G1K 7P4, Quebec, Canada.
J Chem Ecol. 1985 Aug;11(8):967-78. doi: 10.1007/BF01020667.
A predictive model developed for the release rates of volatile materials from glass capillaries was invalid when tested with Celcon fibers used commercially in pheromone-based insect control strategies. Several factors which might explain the differences between the predicted and observed rates are discussed, and it is hypothesized that the topography of the fiber lumen is the major factor causing the observed rates to deviate from the predicted values and the large variation in rate from fiber to fiber. This hypothesis was tested using Teflon capillary fibers with both smooth and rough lumen walls and shown to be valid. This indicates that commercial hollow-fiber pheromone formulations can be improved both in efficiency and cost by careful selection of fiber material, improvement in fiber manufacturing, and the use of a predictive model in formulation design.
开发用于预测挥发性物质从玻璃毛细管中释放速率的模型在用于测试商业上用于基于信息素的昆虫控制策略的 Celcon 纤维时无效。讨论了几个可能解释预测速率和观察到的速率之间差异的因素，并假设纤维内腔的形貌是导致观察到的速率偏离预测值以及速率在纤维之间变化很大的主要因素。使用具有光滑和粗糙内腔壁的特氟隆毛细管纤维对该假设进行了测试，结果表明该假设是有效的。这表明通过仔细选择纤维材料、改进纤维制造以及在配方设计中使用预测模型，可以提高商业空心纤维信息素配方的效率和成本。
