Behavioral Response of Plum Curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar, to Synthetic Fruit Volatile Lures and the Male-Produced Aggregation Pheromone

Table 3

Release rates of the tested commercial lures and synthetic pure compounds under laboratory conditions.

	Mean (±SE) release rates mg per hour
BZ	0.36 ± 0.05 b
PE	1.51 ± 0.13 a
BEN	0.29 ± 0.09 b
TCB	0.08 ± 0.01 b
GA	ca. 0.041

BZ: commercial benzaldehyde lure; PE: commercial plum essence lure; BEN: pure synthetic benzaldehyde; TCB: pure synthetic 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene; GA: grandisoic acid. Means having no letter in common are significantly different (ANOVA, Tukey-Kramer HSD, ; ). Release rate was calculated based on manufacturer’s recommendation.