Guleria, Niraj published the artcileIdentification of male-specific active host plant volatiles for maize stem borer, Chilo partellus swinhoe, HPLC of Formula: 140-11-4, the main research area is male specific host plant volatiles maize stem borer Chilo.
The present study was conducted to identify male-specific active plant volatiles from maize against Chilo partellus. The gas chromatog.-electroantennogram detector evaluation of volatile extracts collected from maize plant through dynamic headspace collection revealed the presence of six electrophysiol. active volatiles for male, viz. toluene, 2-ethyl-1-hexanol, 4- hydroxy-4-methyl-2-pentanone, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, p- iso-Pr benzaldehyde (cuminaldehyde) and p-xylene. Electroantennogram anal. of selective synthetic volatiles against male moths revealed significantly higher response to geranyl acetate, cuminaldehyde, linalool and 2-ethyl-1-hexanol. Electroantennogram studies showed dose-dependent responses of male moths against geranyl acetate, cuminaldehyde, linalool and 2-ethyl-1-hexanol up to 50μg, above which saturation of antennal response was noticed. These findings will help to study the synergistic activity of identified volatiles with pheromone compounds for developing more effective lure for C. partellus monitoring and mass trapping.
Current Science published new progress about Chilo partellus. 140-11-4 belongs to class esters-buliding-blocks, name is Benzyl acetate, and the molecular formula is C9H10O2, HPLC of Formula: 140-11-4.
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