- Mites as matchmakers: Semiochemicals from host-associated mites attract both sexes of the parasitoid Lariophagus distinguendus
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The role of volatile chemicals used for mate finding was studied for males of Lariophagus distinguendus (Forst.), a parasitoid of the granary weevil Sitophilus granarius (L.). In bioassays that used a static four- chamber olfactometer, males were attracted by host feces, hexane extracts from host feces, and volatile extracts of the feces obtained by closed-loop stripping (CLS). On the other hand, volatiles emitted by unmated females did not elicit any preferences in males. Both sexes of L. distinguendus responded to a synthetic mixture of neral, geranial, neryl formate, and tridecane occurring in the investigated extracts. All compounds are common constituents of astigmatid mites that are often associated with possible hosts of L. distinguendus. In the system investigated, all main compounds found in CLS extracts from larval feces of S. granarius are due to the mold mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) that uses neral, geranial, and neryl formate as an alarm pheromone. The possible role of host-associated astigmatid mites in mate and host finding of L. distinguendus is discussed.
- Ruther, Joachim,Steidle, Johannes L. M.
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- New neryl esters from Helichrysum italicum (Roth) G. Don (Asteraceae) essential oil
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Helichrysum italicum (immortelle) is a dwarf aromatic shrub native to the Mediterranean region. The typical subspecies (italicum) produces an essential oil rich in neryl acetate and characteristic β-diketones, italidiones, highly valued in the perfume industry. As esters are an important group of aroma-active volatiles, herein the composition of the ester fraction of this immortelle chemotype essential oil was studied in detail. Chromatographic separation of Corsican immortelle essential oil enabled the discovery of numerous potentially olfactory-interesting esters of nerol and/or angelic acid, undetectable by direct GC-MS analyses of the unfractioned oil. Four esters of nerol and medium-chain branched fatty acids represent new natural products, while several other esters have a rather restricted occurrence in the Plant Kingdom.
- ?or?evi?, Miljana R.,?ivkovi? Sto?i?, Milena Z.,Aksi?, Jelena M.,Gen?i?, Marija S.,Mladenovi?, Marko Z.,Radulovi?, Niko S.
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(2020/11/02)
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The invention relates to a lure for attracting, and in some circumstances, killing dust mites, especially house dust mites. The lure comprises neryl formate and/or limonene and is usually arranged in powder form to allow it to be shaken over an area containing the mites. What about liquid that dries.
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- Conversion of trimethylsilyl ethers to acetyl or formyl esters with TiCl4
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A simple method is described for the efficient conversion of trimethylsilyl ethers to their corresponding acetyl and formyl esters in refluxing ethyl acetate or ethyl formate in the presence of TiCl4.
- Iranpoor, Nasser,Zeynizadeh, Behzad
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p. 2123 - 2128
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