Division of Toxicology and Physiology, Department of Entomology, University of California, 92521-0137, Riverside, California.
J Chem Ecol. 1984 Feb;10(2):193-202. doi: 10.1007/BF00987848.
Each of the four compounds that have been identified from sex pheromone glands ofHeliothis zea female moths was examined for its ability to elicit sexual responses from male moths in a flight tunnel. Males flew upwind to (Z)-11-hexadecenal alone, but greater levels of behavioral activity were evoked with the addition of (Z)-9-hexadecenal to the treatment. Addition of hexadecanal or (Z)-7-hexadecenal to the initial two components had no effect in raising the behavioral response of the males in the flight tunnel whether added singularly at both the normal gland-emission ratio or at varying ratios or in combination at the normal ratio. Live, calling females elicited levels of sexual activity from males not significantly different from that elicited by the mixture of (Z)-11- and (Z)-9-hexadecenal on cotton wicks.
从棉铃虫雌蛾性信息素腺体中分离出的 4 种化合物，每种化合物都在飞行隧道中检测了对雄蛾产生性反应的能力。雄性蛾朝着 (Z)-11-十六碳烯单独逆风飞行，但添加 (Z)-9-十六碳烯后，行为活动水平更高。将十六醛或 (Z)-7-十六碳烯添加到最初的两种成分中，无论是以正常腺体释放比例还是以不同比例单独添加，还是以正常比例组合添加，都不会提高雄蛾在飞行隧道中的行为反应。活的、鸣叫的雌蛾从雄蛾身上引发的性活动水平与棉芯上 (Z)-11-和 (Z)-9-十六碳烯混合物引发的水平没有显著差异。
