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Science 6 September 1963:
Vol. 141. no. 3584, pp. 902 - 903
DOI: 10.1126/science.141.3584.902
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Sex Attractant of Cabbage Looper, Trichoplusia ni (Hübner)

C. M. Ignoffo 1, R. S. Berger 1, H. M. Graham 1, and D. F. Martin 1

1 Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Brownsville, Texas

When virgin male cabbage loopers were exposed to filter-paper strips containing an extract from female abdomens, they exhibited a response lasting from 2 to 5 minutes. Gases of a component (or components) of these extracts emanating from a chromatography column attracted the males and then evoked the same response. The attractant is fairly volatile and has relatively low molecular weight.


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