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[Subject Matter] Crop Protection (Insect Attractant) [Docket] 30.02 [Title] COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ATTRACTING ANASTREPHA SPECIES [Description] 
The USDA has discovered that pheromone components including anastrephin, epianastrephin and suspensolide, produced by males of the Caribbean Fruit Fly, Anastrepha suspensa, are linked to glucose to form a glycoside-pheromone complex in the oral secretions and that these compounds are attractive to both male and female flies. When exposed to the environment the pheromone components are liberated from the glycoside in a slow, predictable fashion dependent upon temperature, exposed surface area and amount of conjugate.
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