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ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUAL GYPSY MOTH SEX PHEROMONE PRODUCTION BY SAMPLE CONCENTRATING GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Michael Ma  and
Michael E. Schnee
Michael Ma
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
Michael E. Schnee
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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Abstract

Sample concentrating chromatography is a technique designed for trace analysis of organic compounds without the conventional concentration procedures such as nitrogen blowing or vacuum distillation. This method is uniquely suited for quantification of single insect pheromone production. Depending on temperature, gypsy moth females produced from 2.4 to 4.0 μg of sex pheromone (7,8-epoxy-2-methyloctadecane) per day.

Résumé

Il y a une méthode de chromatographie pour analyser les petites quantités de substances organiques sans utilizer des procédures ordinaires, par example, evaporation de dissolvant ou distillation à vide. Cette méthode est uniquement convenable pour le quantification de la production de pheromone d'un seul insecte. Dépendant de la température, les femelles de Lymantria dispar produisent de 2.4 μg à 4.0 μg pheromone sexuelle (7,8-epoxy-2-methyloctadecane) par jour.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 115 , Issue 3 , March 1983 , pp. 251 - 255
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1983

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