ChemInform Abstract: Facile Synthesis of Racemic 3‐Acetoxy‐2,6‐dimethyl‐1,5‐heptadiene, the Sex Pheromone of the Comstock Mealybug.

Novel Approaches for the Management of Mealybug Pests

“…So far the sex pheromones of ten mealybug species, all of them of agricultural pests, have been identified. Table 1 summarizes the structures of these pheromones and presents references concerning Negishi et al 1980McCullough et al 1991Baeckstroem and Li 1990;Kang and Park 1990;Skatteboel and Stenstroem 1989;Larcheveque and Petit 1989;Fall et al 1986;Baeckstrom et al 1984;Nakagawa and Mori 1984;Bierl-Leonhardt et al 1982;Mori and Ueda 1981;Uchida et al 1981 Citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri…”