Vickers_1997_J.Comp.Physiol.A_180_523

Addition of (2)-1 I-hexadecenyl acetate (Zll-16:Ac) into a normally attractive binary blend of Helzothzs vi~escens pheromone components resulted in a suppression of upwind flight and source location by males Male response was reduced even at the lowest dosages of Zll-16:Ac tested but upwind flight and source location were most clearly reduced when the loading of Zll-16:Ac reached 10% or more of the (2)-11 -hexadecenal (Zl 1- 16:Ald) loading (the major component present in the binary blend) Similar patterns of suppression in response were noted when Zl l-16:Ac was added to binary blends of pheromone components at both 10 and 100 pg loadings of Zl l-16:Ald Males in casting flight following upwind flight in a mechanically generated pulsed plume, responded to the interception of a subsequent, single binary-blend filament by making a toward-source upwind surge Responses of males to a single filament that was tainted by a level of Zll-16:Ac that had allowed some reduced level of upwind flight and source location to occur in the previous plume experiments were diminished compared with their control counterparts Analysis of the flight tracks revealed that the surges in response to single tainted filaments were stunted because males made fewer significant changes in coulse angles steered, airspeeds generated, and in the tempo of countertur ns executed