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(Z)-11-Hexadecenal and (Z)-11-tetradecenal were found to be sex attractants of maleHeliothis armigera (Hbn.).
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The tests were made at different locations, up to 40 km apart, and were run during the 1977 season (June, July). Population ofH. armigera was especially low in that year.
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This research was supported by a grant from the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF), Jerusalem, Israel.
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Gothilf, S., Kehat, M., Jacobson, M. et al. Sex attractants for maleHeliothis armigera (Hbn.). Experientia 34, 853–854 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01939662
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01939662