Ethyl vanillate confers mating advantage in male Oriental fruit fly.

• Main Authors: Hee, Alvin Kah Wei, Tan, Khim Seong, Wee, Suk Ling, Ritsuo, Nishida
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27248/1/ID%2027248.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27248/

Males of the Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, have been shown to be strongly attracted to the orchid Bulbophyllum elevatopunctatum, by probing on the floral lip, petals and sepals of the flowers. Whilst chemical analyses have demonstrated the presence of methyl eugenol as one of the componen...