Dunkelblum, E., Levi-Zada, A., Gross, S., Fraistat, P., & Mendel, Z. 2002 Sex pheromone and analogs of the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri: synthesis and biological activity.. IOBC/WPRS Bulletin 25(9): 213-220.

Notes: [IOBC/WPRS Working Group 'Use of Pheromones and Other Semiochemicals in Integrated Control'. Pheromones and other biological techniques for insect control in orchards and vineyards. Proceedings of the working group meeting, Samos, Greece, September 25-29, 2000. Publishers: International Organization for Biological and Integrated Control of Noxious Animals and Plants (OIBC/OILB), West Palaearctic Regional Section (WPRS/SROP)] The citrus mealybug, is a cosmopolitan pest and affects many crops. The female sex pheromone has been identified by Bierl-Leonhardt et al., in 1981 as (+)-1R)-cis-2,2-dimethyl-3-isopropenylcyclobutanemethanol acetate 1. Several groups including this team, have synthesized the pheromone. A number of analogs have also been prepared in order to study the structure-activity relationship. This report includes a modified synthetic route for the pheromone, preparation of some analogs and the biological activity of these compounds.