ATTRACTANT FOR APPLE FRUIT MOTH AND OTHER INSECT PESTS OF APPLE

摘要

The present invention relates to the use of behaviour modifying volatile plant compounds of rowan Sorbus aucuparia and apple Malus domestica for a determination of a population or controlling pest insects on apple, in particular apple fruit moth Argyresthia conjugella Zeller (Lepidoptera, Argyresthiidae) and codling moth Cydia Pomonella L. (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). The compound 2-phenylethanol, only or in combination with other compounds, in particular anetole, efficiently attracting females and males of apple fruit moth A. conjugella. Other compounds identified from rowan and apple include p-anisaldehyde, (E)-beta-farnesene, farnesol, (Z)3-hexenyl 2-methylbutanoate, linalool and methylsalicylate efficiently attracting apple fruit moth, codling moth and other important pest insects of apple.