What is it about?
n-Butyl sulfide can increase catch of codling moth pests in orchards.
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Why is it important?
These lures can work with green technology for controlling the pests, such as sex pheromones for mating disruption.
Perspectives
A bunch of researchers including Pete Landolt who led this work have been trying for some years to make improvements to codling moth female lures, and this paper reports one avenue that is starting to work.
Professor David Maxwell Suckling
University of Auckland
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This page is a summary of: N-Butyl Sulfide as an Attractant and Coattractant for Male and Female Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Environmental Entomology, April 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP),
DOI: 10.1603/en13178.
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