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Electrophysiological analysis of the response of males of the potato cyst nematode, Globodera rostochiensis, to fractions of their homospecific sex pheromone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1997

E. RIGA
Affiliation:
Entomology and Nematology Department, IACR–Rothamsted, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 2JQ, UK Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3DA, UK
D. R. HOLDSWORTH
Affiliation:
Entomology and Nematology Department, IACR–Rothamsted, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 2JQ, UK Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3DA, UK
R. N. PERRY
Affiliation:
Entomology and Nematology Department, IACR–Rothamsted, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 2JQ, UK
J. BARRETT
Affiliation:
Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3DA, UK
M. R. L. JOHNSTON
Affiliation:
Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3DA, UK

Abstract

Electrophysiological techniques and behavioural assays were used to determine the response of males of Globodera rostochiensis to 4 fractions of the homospecific sex pheromone from virgin females, separated using reverse-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography. Sex pheromone activity was confined to 2 of the fractions. The sex pheromone of G. rostochiensis appears to be composed of several weakly basic, polar compounds.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press

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