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List of works by Ashraf M El-Sayed

(11Z,13E)-Hexadecadien-1-yl acetate: sex pheromone of the grass webworm Herpetogramma licarsisalis-identification, synthesis, and field bioassays.

scientific article published on 2 March 2007

6-Pentyl-2H-pyran-2-one: a potent peach-derived kairomone for New Zealand flower thrips, Thrips obscuratus.

scientific article published on 17 January 2014

A Binary Host Plant Volatile Lure Combined With Acetic Acid to Monitor Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).

scientific article published on 15 July 2015

Aerosol delivery of trail pheromone disrupts the foraging of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta

scientific article published on 19 July 2012

Apple volatiles synergize the response of codling moth to pear ester

scientific article

Associative Learning of Food Odor by Social Wasps in a Natural Ecosystem

scientific article published on 19 July 2018

Attraction and antennal response of the common wasp, Vespula vulgaris (L.), to selected synthetic chemicals in New Zealand beech forests

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Attraction of New Zealand flower thrips, Thrips obscuratus, to cis-jasmone, a volatile identified from Japanese honeysuckle flowers.

scientific article published on 15 May 2009

Attraction of the invasive social wasp,Vespula vulgaris, by volatiles from fermented brown sugar

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Behavioural and electrophysiological responses of Pantomorus cervinus (Boheman) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to host plant volatiles

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Behavioural observations of mating disruption in three lepidopteran pests

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Can ménage-a-trois be used for controlling insects?

scientific article published on 6 July 2007

Caterpillar-induced plant volatiles attract conspecific adults in nature

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Chrysanthemyl 2-acetoxy-3-methylbutanoate: the sex pheromone of the citrophilous mealybug, Pseudococcus calceolariae

Combining odours isolated from phylogenetically diverse sources yields a better lure for yellow jackets.

scientific article published on 28 May 2015

Comparative fitness of irradiated light brown apple moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in a wind tunnel, hedgerow, and vineyard

scientific article published on August 2011

Corrigendum to “Chrysanthemyl 2-acetoxy-3-methylbutanoate: the sex pheromone of the citrophilous mealybug, Pseudococcus calceolariae” [Tetrahedron Lett. 51 (2010) 1075]

scholarly article published in Tetrahedron Letters

Development of an efficient trapping system for New Zealand flower thrips, Thrips obscuratus.

scientific article published on 4 July 2014

Development of single-dispenser pheromone suppression of Epiphyas postvittana, Planotortrix octo and Ctenopseustis obliquana in New Zealand stone fruit orchards

scientific article published on 15 February 2012

Do carnivorous plants use volatiles for attracting prey insects?

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Efficacy of the pear ester as a monitoring tool for codling moth Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in New Zealand apple orchards

scientific article published on March 2008

Feeding Volatiles of Larval Sparganothis pilleriana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Attract Heterospecific Adults of the European Grapevine Moth

scientific article published on 22 September 2021

Floral attractants for the female soybean looper, Thysanoplusia orichalcea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).

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Floral scent of Canada thistle and its potential as a generic insect attractant.

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From integrated pest management to integrated pest eradication: technologies and future needs

scientific article published on February 2014

Honey Norisoprenoids Attract Bumble Bee, Bombus terrestris, in New Zealand Mountain Beech Forests

scientific article published on 27 November 2018

Identification of a floral-derived kairomone for currant clearwing, Synanthedon tipuliformis

scientific article published in 2016

Identification of sex pheromone components of a New Zealand geometrid moth, the common forest looper Pseudocoremia suavis, reveals a possible species complex

scientific article published on 27 April 2006

Identification of the sex pheromone of Conogethes pluto: a pest of Alpinia

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Impact of sub-lethal residues of azinphos-methyl on the pheromone-communication systems of insecticide-susceptible and insecticide-resistant obliquebanded leafrollers Choristoneura rosaceana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).

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Invasive Vespula Wasps Utilize Kairomones to Exploit Honeydew Produced by Sooty Scale Insects, Ultracoelostoma.

scientific article published on 2 October 2015

Kairomone and Camera Trapping New Zealand Flower Thrips, Thrips obscuratus

scientific article published on 11 September 2020

Locomotion Activity Meter for Quality Assessment of Mass-Reared Sterile Male Moths (Lepidoptera)

scholarly article by Robert L. Brown et al published June 2016 in The Florida Entomologist

Minor components modulate sensitivity to the pheromone antagonist Z11-14:Ac in male lightbrown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in the field

article by Rachael M. Horner et al published 29 July 2018 in New Zealand Plant Protection

New sex pheromone blend for the lightbrown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana

scientific article published on 15 May 2011

Odour quality discrimination for behavioural antagonist compounds in three tortricid species

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Optimization of pheromone lure and trap characteristics for currant clearwing, Synanthedon tipuliformis

scientific article published on February 2005

Pheromone disruption of Argentine ant trail integrity.

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Pheromone synthesis. Part 243: Synthesis and biological evaluation of (3R,13R,1′S)-1′-ethyl-2′-methylpropyl 3,13-dimethylpentadecanoate, the major component of the sex pheromone of Paulownia bagworm, Clania variegata, and its stereoisomers

Pollinator-prey conflict in carnivorous plants

scientific article published on 21 December 2011

Pollinator-prey conflicts in carnivorous plants: When flower and trap properties mean life or death

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Potential of "lure and kill" in long-term pest management and eradication of invasive species.

scientific article published on June 2009

Quantitative analysis of the effects of ultrasound from an odor sprayer on moth flight behavior

scientific article published on January 2003

Regulatory Innovation, Mating Disruption and 4-Play(TM) in New Zealand.

scientific article

Relative attractiveness of (10E)-dodecen-1-yl acetate and (4E,10E)-dodecadien-1-yl acetate to male spotted tentiform leafminers Phyllonorycter blancardella (F.).

scientific article published on September 2004

Spatial analysis of mass trapping: how close is close enough?

scientific article published on 3 December 2014

The absolute configuration of the sex pheromone of the citrophilous mealybug, Pseudococcus calceolariae.

scientific article published on 18 January 2011

Trail pheromone disruption of red imported fire ant.

scientific article published on 15 June 2010

Trapping Dasinuera mali (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in apples.

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Vespula vulgaris (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) gynes use a sex pheromone to attract males

scholarly article by Robert L. Brown et al published 18 February 2013 in The Canadian Entomologist

Volatile constituents of fermented sugar baits and their attraction to lepidopteran species

scientific article published on February 2005

Without or without pheromone habituation: Possible differences between insect orders?

scientific article published on 14 December 2017