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Spruce budworm: Roles of pheromone components and analogues in male disruption and attraction

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MaleChoristoneura fumiferana are disrupted by atmospherically permeating any blend of the 2 sex pheromone components. The mechanisms of disruption and attraction are different and appear to result from decisions in the brain based on chemical and physical characteristics of the air and pheromone plumes surrounding a pheromone source.

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  1. Department of Biology, and Department of Chemistry, University of New Brunswick, E3B 5A3, Fredericton, N.B., Canada

    J. O. Schmidt, W. D. Seabrook, R. J. Ross, S. Darvesh & G. Lonergan

  2. Entomology Department, University of Georgia, 30602, Athens, GA, USA

    J. O. Schmidt

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We thank Len Boehm of Diamond Shamrock Corp., Cleveland, Ohio, for donating the polyvinyl chloride plastic (PVC-74), Z. Valenta, C.A. Miller, and M.S. Blum, C.W. Berisford and C. Tsao, for their comments on this manuscript.

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Schmidt, J.O., Seabrook, W.D., Ross, R.J. et al. Spruce budworm: Roles of pheromone components and analogues in male disruption and attraction. Experientia 36, 222–223 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01953744

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