0157659 - PAU-O 20033046 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Bouman, Edwin Arien Poul - Dusbábek, František - Šimek, Petr - Zahradníčková, Helena
Methyl 3-chloro-4-methoxybenzoate, a new candidate semiochemical inhibiting copulation behaviour of Ixodes ricinus (L.) males.
Physiological Entomology. Roč. 28, č. 4 (2003), s. 276-282. ISSN 0307-6962. E-ISSN 1365-3032
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA206/98/0575; GA MZd NI4707
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z5007907; CEZ:AV0Z6022909
Keywords : copulation behaviour * Ixodes ricinus * methyl 3-chloro-4-methoxybenzoate
Subject RIV: EG - Zoology
Impact factor: 1.044, year: 2003

Females of Ixodes ricinus (L., 1758) emit several semiochemicals influencing copulatory behaviour in males. One of these candidate compounds, methyl 3-chloro-4-methoxybenzoate, is emitted exclusively by engorged females, and shows a copulation inhibiting effect in males. In Y-tube experiments, the synthetic analogue of this compound at a concentration of 100 micro g/mL in ethanol, attracted males in only 25.6
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