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- who: Vivek Kempraj from the Macquarie University have published the paper: 1-Octanol emitted by Oecophylla smaragdina weaver ants repels and deters oviposition in Queensland fruit fly, in the Journal: Scientific Reports Scientific Reports
SUMMARY
Olfactometer screening of extracts and volatile emissions of O. smaragdina revealed that only head extract and headspace volatiles repel B. tryoni (Fig 1). Both male and female flies responded very consistently to a single compound in the headspace volatiles, and from Gas chromatograph mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis the electrophysiologically active compound was found to be 1-octanol . . .
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