Evidence for a pheromone in the locust borer

Jimmy R. Galford

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Evidence for a pheromone in the locust borer

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Jimmy R. Galford

Year:

1977

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-240. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 3p.

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Abstract

Laboratory studies have suggested the existence of a pheromone in the locust borer. Male beetles spent more time on bolts of wood exposed to virgin females than on control bolts. The females apparently deposited the pheromone on the bolts of wood and filter paper.

Keywords

Megacyllene robiniae, Cerambycidae, wood borers, pheromone

Citation

Galford, Jimmy R. 1977. Evidence for a pheromone in the locust borer. Research Note NE-240. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 3p.