1. Bombykol RevisitedReflections on a Pioneering Period and on Some of Its Consequences. - 2. Techniques for Behavioral Bioassays. - 3. Wind Tunnels in Pheromone Research. - 4. Field Trapping with Attractants: Methods and Interpretation. - 5. Electroantennogram Assays: Rapid and Convenient Screening Procedures for Pheromones. - 6. Combined Gas Chromatography and Electroantennogram Recording of Insect Olfactory Responses. - 7. The Coupled Gas ChromatographySingle Cell Recording Technique. - 8. The Tandem Gas ChromatographyBehavior Bioassay. - 9. Technique and Equipment for Collection of Volatile Chemicals from Individual Natural or Artificial Sources. - 10. Techniques for Extracting and Collecting Sex Pheromones from Live Insects and from Artificial Sources. - 11. Techniques for Purifying Analyzing and Identifying Pheromones. - 12. The Significance of Chirality: Methods for Determining Absolute Configuration and Optical Purity of Pheromones and Related Compounds. - 13. Tabulations of Selected Methods of Syntheses That Are Frequently Employed for Insect Sex Pheromones Emphasizing the Literature of 19771982. - 14. Survey of Pheromone Uses in Pest Control. - Index 451. Language: English