The tea geometrid Ectropis obliqua, a significant pest in Chinese tea plantations, utilizes a quintessential Type-II pheromone blend for mate communication.
More...The tea geometrid Ectropis obliqua, a significant pest in Chinese tea plantations, utilizes a quintessential Type-II pheromone blend for mate communication. This blend contains (Z,Z,Z)-3,6,9-octadecatriene (Z3,Z6,Z9-18:H), (Z,Z)-3,9-cis-6,7-epoxy-octadecadiene (Z3,epo6,Z9-18:H), and (Z,Z)-3,9-cis-6,7-epoxy-nonadecadiene (Z3,epo6,Z9-19:H). To elucidate the genes linked to the biosynthesis of these sex pheromone components, we conducted transcriptome sequencing of the female E. obliqua pheromone gland and the abdomen excluding the pheromone gland.
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