Patent Application: US-50957395-A

Abstract:
this invention relates to novel methods and compositions for attracting and controlling the douglas - fir tussock moth . more specifically , this invention pertains to the use of novel pheromone combinations and methods to attract and control dftm which is a major defoliator of douglas - fir and other true firs . a composition for manipulating the behaviour of douglas - fir tussock moths comprising : z6 - heneicosen - 11 - one ; and one or more compounds from the group consisting of : 6 , 8 - heneicosadien - 11 - one ; 6 , 9 - heneicosadien - 11 - one ; and 6 , 9 - heneicosadien - 11 - one .

Description:
three candidate pheromone components , ( z ) 6 , ( z ) 9 -, ( z ) 6 , ( e ) 8 - and ( z ) 6 , ( e ) 9 - heneicosadien - 11 - one z6z9 , z6e8 , z6e9 ! were identified in sex pheromone gland extracts of female douglas - fir tussock moths ( dftm ) , orgyia pseudotsugata . pheromone extract analyses of laboratory - reared white marked tussock moths ( wmtm ), by coupled gas chromatographic - electroantennographic detection gc - ead ( 10 , 16 ) revealed antennal responses to z6 and to several unknown components , one of which gave coupled gas chromatographicmass spectrometric gc - ms ( 11 ) parent and fragmentation ions indicative of a diunsaturated ketone . because a diene ketone , 1 , z6 - heneicosadien - 11 - one , had previously been identified in dftm pheromone extract ( 12 ), and considering that z6 , z9 - dienepoxides are common pheromones in geometrid and arctiid moths ( 7 ), we synthesized z6 , z9 - heneicosadien - 11 - one ( z6z9 ) ( see fig1 and 2 ). fig1 illustrates schematically the procedure for the identification of ( z6 ), ( e8 )-, ( z ) 6 , ( e ) 9 and ( z ) 6 , ( z ) 9 - heneicosadien - 11 - one ( z6e8 , z6e9 , z6z9 ) in female douglas - fir tussock moth ( dftm ) pheromone gland extract . fe = female equivalent of pheromone extract ; female f1 = fraction 1 of female dftm pheromone gland extract ; gc - ead = gas chromatographic - electroantennographic detection ( 10 ); hplc = high performance liquid chromatography ( 18 ); gc - msci = gas chromatrographic - mass spectrometric analyses in chemical ionization mode ( 20 ); sim = selected ion monitoring mode . synthetic z6z9 in solution at room temperature and during gc - analyses rearranged to z6e8 , z6e9 and other dienones , as determined by nuclear magnetic resonance nmr spectroscopy ( 13 ) and syntheses ( 14 ) of identified rearrangement products . identical gc retention times of z6z9 and z6e8 indicated conversion of z6z9 to z6e8 , analogous to the deconjugations reported for α , β - unsaturated ketones ( 15 ). gc - ead analyses of dftm pheromone extract ( 16 ) revealed several compounds consistently eliciting responses from male dftm antennae , with z6 being most abundant and most ead - active ( see fig1 a which illustrates flame ionization detector ( fid ) and electroantennographic detector ( ead : male dftm antenna ) responses to 1 female equivalent of female dftm pheromone gland extract , chromatography : splitless injection ; injector and detector temperature 240 ° c . ; db - 210 column ; 100 ° c . ( 1 min . ), 15 ° c ./ min . to 180 ° c ., 2 ° c ./ min . to 220 ° c .). comparative gc - ead analysis ( 17 ) of pheromone extract and synthetic dienones resulted in retention time matches of two ead - active female - produced compounds with synthetic z6e8 and z6e9 . with known high performance liquid chromatography hplc ( 18 ) retention times of synthetic z6e8 , z6e9 and z6z9 ( 19 ), the corresponding fractions of dftm pheromone gland extract were isolated ( see fig1 ; 3a , b ). each synthetic dienone was then analyzed by gc - ms ( 11 ) in full scan and ci mode to determine diagnostic ions for sim ( fig1 ; 4 ), which provided highly increased sensitivity . gc - msci - sim of synthetic dienones and corresponding dftm extract fractions ( see fig1 ; 6 , 7a ) resulted in good retention time and ion ratio matches between synthetic and female - produced z6e8 and z6e9 . during gc - msci - sim , hplc - fractionated synthetic z6z9 and dftm - dienone in the corresponding hplc extract fraction ( see fig1 ; 3 ) rearranged to compounds with identical retention and ion ratio characteristics , thereby confirming the presence of z6z9 in the dftm pheromone extract . moreover , comparative gc - ead of synthetic dienones ( fig1 ; 5 ) and corresponding dftm extract fractions ( fig1 ; 7b ) revealed comparable antennal response patterns . a 4 - treatment , 12 - replicate experiment was conducted in a mature douglas fir stand west of kamloops , british columbia , canada . unitraps ( 21 ) were suspended 1 . 5 m above ground from trees in randomized complete blocks with traps and blocks at 25 m intervals . during peak flight activity of dftm males just prior to dusk , hplc - purified dienones in acetronitrile were carried on dry ice to the unitraps ( 21 ), and were syringed onto small cotton wicks ( 22 ) affixed to trap lids . recording the number of trap - captured dftm males 40 minutes later , z6 alone , and in combination with z6e9 had not attracted any males ( see fig2 ). fig2 illustrates by three dimensional bar graph , the capture of douglas fir tussock moth males during a 40 min . experiment in unitraps ( 21 ) baited with rubber septa impregnated with ( z ) 6 - heneicosen - 11 - one ( z6 ) alone and in combination with either ( z ) 6 , ( e ) 8 -, ( z ) 6 , ( e ) 9 - or ( z ) 6 , ( z ) 9 - heneicosadien - 11 - one z6e8 , z6e9 , z6z9 !. kamloops , british columbia , canada , 7 september , 6 : 30 to 7 : 10 p . m ., 1993 ; n = 12 . bars superscripted by a different letter are significantly different non - parametric analysis of variance by ranks ( friedman &# 39 ; s test ) followed by comparison of means ( bonferroni ( dunn ) t . test ) ( 24 ) p & lt ; 0 . 05 !. attraction of males to z6e8 in combination with z6 ( fig2 ) indicated , however , that this dienone is a potent sex pheromone component in dftm . the apparent attractiveness of z6z9 in combination with z6 can be attributed to partial rearrangement of z6z9 to z6e8 during the 40 min . test . extensive 1994 field tests in vinsulla , british columbia , substantiated the superior attractiveness of the two - component pheromone blend z6 plus z6e8 !. attractiveness of this blend exceeded that of either component alone by ten to twenty times . fig3 illustrates by three dimensional bar graphs captures of douglas - fir tussock moth males in 2 - liter - delta - milk - carton traps ( 21 ) baited with cotton wicks ( 22 ) that were impregnated with ( z ) 6 - heneicosen - 11 - one ( z6 ), ( z ) 6 , ( e ) 8 - heneicosadien - 11 - one ( z6e8 ) or both combined . vinsulla , british columbia , 2 : 00 - 6 : 45 p . m ., sep . 17 , 1994 ; 10 replicates . bars superscripted by the same letter are not significantly different non - parametric analysis of variance by ranks ( friedman &# 39 ; s test ) followed by comparison of means ( bonferroni ( dunn ) t test ) ( 24 ), p & lt ; 0 . 05 !. in a ratio experiment , attraction of dftm males to z6 increased with increasing proportions of z6e8 . fig4 illustrates by three dimensional bar graphs the captures of douglas - fir tussock moth males in 2 - liter - delta - milk - carton traps ( 21 ) baited with cotton wicks ( 22 ) that were impregnated with ( z ) 6 - heneicosen - 11 - one ( z6 ) alone and in combination with ( z ) 6 , ( e ) 8 - heneicosadien - 11 - one ( z6e8 ) at increasing proportions . lures were not changed between trapping periods . vinsulla , british columbia , sep . 10 - 13 , 1994 ; 10 replicates . for each trapping period , bars superscripted by the same letter are not significantly different non - parametric analysis of variance by ranks ( friedman &# 39 ; s test ) followed by comparison of means ( bonferroni ( dunn ) t test ( 24 ), p & lt ; 0 . 05 !. in a dose - response experiment with increasing doses of z6e8 , 10 ug of the 2 - component blend were as attractive as 500 ug of z6 by itself . fig5 illustrates by three dimensional bar graphs captures of douglas - fir tussock moth males in 2 - liter - delta - milk - carton traps ( 21 ) baited with cotton wicks ( 22 ) that were impregnated with ( z ) 6 , ( e ) 8 - heneicosadien - 11 - one at increasing doses . vinsulla , british columbia , sep . 17 - 24 , 1994 ; 5 replicates . bars superscripted by the same letter are not significantly different non - parametric analysis of variance by ranks ( friedman &# 39 ; s test ) followed by comparison of means ( student newman keuls test ) ( 24 ), p & lt ; 0 . 05 !. superior attractiveness of z6 plus z6e8 versus z6 alone was also confirmed when chemicals were released from rubber septa instead of cotton . fig6 illustrates by three dimensional bar graphs capture of dougas - fir tussock moth males in unitraps ( 21 ) baited with rubber septa ( 22 ) that were impregnated with ( z ) 6 - heneicosen - 11 - one ( z6 ) alone or in combination with ( z ) 6 , ( e ) 8 - heneicosadien - 11 - one ( z6e8 ). vinsulla , british columbia , sep . 5 - 17 , 1994 ; 12 replicates . lures were not changed after 5 days . for each trapping period , treatments were significantly different non - parametric wilcoxon test ( 24 ), p & lt ; 0 . 05 !. as will be apparent to those skilled in the art in the light of the foregoing disclosure , many alterations and modifications are possible in the practice of this invention without departing from the spirit or scope thereof . accordingly , the scope of the invention is to be construed in accordance with the substance defined by the following claims . 1 . b . e . wickman , u . s . dept . agric . tech . bull . 1585 ( 1978 ); r . r . mason and b . e . wickman , in a . a . berryman ( ed . ), dynamics of forest insect populations . plenum , new york ( 1988 ). 2 . environmental protection agency , federal register 39 , no . 44 , pp . 8377 - 8381 ( 1974 ). 3 . m . j . stelzer , j . neisess , c . g . thompson , j . econ . entomol . 68 : 269 ( 1975 ). 4 . r . g . smith , g . e . daterman , g . d . daves , jr ., science 188 : 63 ( 1975 ). 5 . g . e . daterman , in m . h . brooks , r . w . stark , and r . w . campbell ( eds . ), the douglas - fir tussock moth : a synthesis . u . s . forest service tech . bull . 1585 ( 1878 ); 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( z ) 6 - heneicosen - 11 - one was & gt ; 98 % chemically pure and was purchased from phero tech inc ., delta , british columbia , canada v4g 1e9 . 24 . sas / stat user &# 39 ; s guide , 1988 , release 6 . 03 edition , sas institute inc ., cary , n . c ., 27513 .