The sex pheromone of the grain aphid, Sitobion avenae (Fab.) (Homoptera, Aphididae)

Lilley, R., Hardie, J., Merritt, L., Pickett, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8386-3770, Wadhams, L. and Woodcck, C. 1994. The sex pheromone of the grain aphid, Sitobion avenae (Fab.) (Homoptera, Aphididae). Chemoecology 5-6 (1) , pp. 43-46. 10.1007/BF01259972

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Abstract

The sex pheromone of the grain aphid,Sitobion avenae (Fab.), is identified as (4aS,7S,7aR)-nepetalactone, for which specific olfactory cells are located in the secondary rhinaria of the male antenna. The related (1R,4aS,7S,7aR)-nepetalactol was not produced by females in significant amounts (ca 10,000-fold less than the nepetalactone), although cells in the male antenna were found that responded specifically to this compound. Behavioural activity in the linear track ol-factometer showed attraction of males to the nepetalactone, but not to the nepetalactol.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Chemistry
Publisher:	Springer Verlag (Germany)
ISSN:	0937-7409
Last Modified:	11 Feb 2026 10:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/184643

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