What is it about?
Sex pheromones used for pest monitoring can be contaminated with antagonist isomers and this reduces catch in traps which can be used for regulatory purposes. If all the compounds are used, this is less of an issue.
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Why is it important?
Trap catch depends on the qualities of the lure.
Perspectives
It was interesting that this effect occurred over the midrange doses.
Professor David Maxwell Suckling
University of Auckland
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This page is a summary of: Minor components modulate sensitivity to the pheromone antagonist Z11-14:Ac in male lightbrown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in the field, New Zealand Plant Protection, July 2018, New Zealand Plant Protection Society,
DOI: 10.30843/nzpp.2018.71.184.
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