Word: frontalin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...other work, scientists at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research isolated frontalin, a pheromone released by the female western pine beetle to attract other beetles when it finds a tree suitable for feeding and nesting. They also isolated verbenome, a pheromone given off by the males to stop the influx of beetles to the tree after the proper balance of males and females is achieved. After synthesizing both pheromones, the researchers applied both of them to several trees. Approaching beetles were so confused that they lost their nesting and mating instincts and dispersed into the forest. Capitalizing...
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