Airborne volatiles from melinis minutiflora P. Beauv., a non-host plant of the spotted stem borer

Kimani, Solomon M., Chhabra, Sumesh C., Lwande, Wilber, Khan, Z. R., Hassanali, Ahmed and Pickett, John A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8386-3770 2000. Airborne volatiles from melinis minutiflora P. Beauv., a non-host plant of the spotted stem borer. Journal of Essential Oil Research 12 (2) , pp. 221-224. 10.1080/10412905.2000.9699502

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Abstract

Airborne volatiles released by Melinis minutiflora P. Beauv., a non-host plant of the spotted stem borer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe), were trapped from the live plant by air entrainment into porous polymer Porapak Q and analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The main hydrocarbons identified and confirmed by co-injection with authentic samples on two columns of different polarities were (3E)-4,8-dimethylnona-1,3,7-triene (28.1% of isolated volatiles) and β-caryophyllene (24.2% of isolated votatiles). Of these, (3E)-4,8-dimethylnona-1,3,7-triene is electroantenographically active (EAG) against Chilo partellus (Swinhoe).

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Chemistry
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis
ISSN:	1041-2905
Date of Acceptance:	1 June 1999
Last Modified:	05 Mar 2026 12:48
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/185529

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