Mayetiola destructor

S -tridecylacetate and 2S-tridec-1OE -enylacetate, the sex ph eromones of the fruit fly Drosophilia mulleri) and the Hessian fly Mayetiola destructor) have been synthesized using ethyl-SS-hydroxybutanoate, a product from the enzymatic reduction of ethyl acetoacetate by the soil yeast strain 80-l .l58... 

Solinas M. and Isidore N. (1996) Functional anatomy of female sex pheromone gland of Mayetiola destructor Say (Diptera Cecidomyiidae). Entomologica Bari 30, 43-54. 

Figure 5 Oviposition stimulants for the cabbage root fly (Delia radicum) and the Hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor).

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