Slow Release Plastic Formulation of the Cabbage Looper1Pheromonecis-7-Dodecenyl Acetate: Release Rate and Biological Activity

Abstract

The Trichoplusia ni (Hübner) sex pheromone, cis -7-dodecenyl acetate, was successfully incorporated into a solid plastic formulation which used a polyvinyl chloride plastisol as the basic matrix. Samples of the formulation were still attractive in the field 15 months after initial exposure.