We have revised the manuscript based on the recommendations: we have changed the title to better describe the study, supplemented the Introduction in order to provide a more comprehensive rationale for the study, added a table on experimental design to provide a more concise Material and Methods section, and made corrections to the Results and the Discussion. [...] To me the most interesting aspect of the study, aside from verifying the pheromone of the species in Central Europe is essentially the same as that for the species in Asia, is the discovery the 1-hexanol is a apparently a naturally produced antagonist. [...] My major suggestion (also mentioned in the last comment in the discussion) is to rewrite portions of the intro, M and M, and results to clarify the rationale of the study and clearly state specific objectives. [...] 3 4 5 269 6 7 270 Experiment 4: The aim of this experiment was to test addition of 1-hexanol to the pheromone 8 9 10 271 blend in the same or in separate dispensers to assess if the inhibition by 1-hexanol of A. [...] Subsequent field experiments showed that this was the 13 14 373 result of a biological response and was not due to a chemical reaction between 1-hexanol and 15 16 17 374 the sex pheromone components, as the effect was found both if the compound was loaded in 18 19 375 the same or in separate dispensers as the ternary pheromone blend.
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