What is it about?
The sex pheromone components were identified and a synthetic blend used to trap the insect.
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Why is it important?
This insect is part of a pest complex and this is the first pheromone identification for this insect from Australia.
Perspectives
Sex pheromone identifications leading to successful trapping systems can be used to reduce reliance on insecticides.
Professor David Maxwell Suckling
University of Auckland
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This page is a summary of: Identification of the sex pheromone of Conogethes pluto: a pest of Alpinia, Chemoecology, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-012-0123-9.
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