Table 1 List of common interfering semiochemicals released from various species and their interactions with the functionalized cantilever for the detection of female sex pheromone of certain hazardous pests.

From: A novel bio-engineering approach to generate an eminent surface-functionalized template for selective detection of female sex pheromone of Helicoverpa armigera

Job Number

Name of the Species

Name of One of the Semiochemical Present in the Mentioned Species

Results Obtained with the Functionalized Cantilever

1

Costelytra zealandica (White), the Grass grub beetle47

phenol (pheromone)

Insignificant change

2

Dasylepida ishigakiensis (Niijima & Kinoshita), the White grub beetle48

propan-2-ol (pheromone)

Insignificant change

3

Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus), the Red ant49

ethanol (pheromone)

Insignificant change

4

Acromyrmex octospinosus (Reich), the Leaf cutting ant50

furfuryl alcohol (pheromone)

Insignificant change

5

Acheta domesticus (Linnaeus), the House cricket51

propanoic acid (pheromone)

Insignificant change

6

Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois), the Eastern lubber grasshopper52

catechol (allomone)

Insignificant change

7

Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout), the Brown rat53

diethyl ether (allomone)

Insignificant change

8

Anastrepha ludens (Löw), the Mexican fruit fly54

ammonia (attractant)

Insignificant change

9

Panagrellus redivivus (Linnaeus), the Microworm55

ethyl propionate (attractant)

Insignificant change

10

Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), the Corn earworm56

ethylene (kairomone)

Insignificant change

11

Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner), the Cotton bollworm 32

z-11-hexadecenal: z-9-hexadecenal = 25:1

Significant change

12

Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker), the Yellow rice stemborer57

z-11-hexadecenal: z-9-hexadecenal = 3:1

More significant change