In what year did Adolf Butenandt discover bombykol?
1939
1954
1959
1965
Answer
Bombykol, the sex pheromone of the silkworm moth, was discovered in 1959 by German chemist Adolf Butenandt. Butenandt's groundbreaking research laid the foundation for understanding chemical communication among insects and paved the way for the development of pheromone-based pest control methods.
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