Trapping of Cotton Terpene Volatiles and Boll Weevil Pheromone

J.F. Chang, J.H. Benedict, and T.L. Payne


 
ABSTRACT

Techniques for collecting volatiles from the air around a cotton plant and evaluating these chemicals for attractiveness to the bollweevil are described. Further, techniques for collecting bollweevil pheromone from the air surrounding individual weevils is also discussed.



Reprinted from 1985 Proceedings: Beltwide Cotton Production Research Conferences pp. 397 - 398
©National Cotton Council, Memphis TN

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