| Title: | "Chemical and behavioral analysis of the cuticular hydrocarbons from Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri" |
| Author(s): | Mann RS; Rouseff RL; Smoot J; Rao N; Meyer WL; Lapointe SL; Robbins PS; Cha D; Linn CE; Webster FX; Tiwari S; Stelinski LL; |
| Address: | "Entomology and Nematology Department, Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, USA" |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2012.01541.x |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1744-7917 (Electronic) 1672-9609 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Huanglongbing (HLB) is the most destructive disease of citrus worldwide. The Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), is the vector of the phloem-inhabiting bacterium, Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, which is presumed to cause HLB in Florida citrus. Laboratory and field studies were conducted to examine the behavioral responses of male and female D. citri to their cuticular extracts. In olfactometer assays, more male D. citri were attracted to one, five, or 10 female cuticular extract equivalent units than blank controls. The results were confirmed in field studies in which clear or yellow traps baited with 10 female cuticular extract equivalent units attracted proportionately more males than clear traps baited with male cuticular extract or unbaited traps. Analyses of cuticular constituents of male and female D. citri revealed differences between the sexes in chemical composition of their cuticular extracts. Laboratory bioassays with synthetic chemicals identified from cuticular extracts indicated that dodecanoic acid attracted more males than clean air. Traps baited with dodecanoic acid did not increase total catch of D. citri as compared with blank traps at the dosages tested; however, the sex ratio of psyllid catch was male biased on traps baited with the highest lure loading dosage tested (10.0 mg)" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Behavior, Animal/*drug effects Female Hemiptera/*chemistry/*metabolism Hydrocarbons/*chemistry/*pharmacology *Integumentary System Male Sex Attractants/chemistry/pharmacology Huanglongbing citrus cuticular hydrocarbon dodecanoic acid semiochemical;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineMann, Rajinder S Rouseff, Russell L Smoot, Jack Rao, Nandikeswara Meyer, Wendy L Lapointe, Stephen L Robbins, Paul S Cha, Dong Linn, Charles E Webster, Francis X Tiwari, Siddharth Stelinski, Lukasz L eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Australia 2013/08/21 Insect Sci. 2013 Jun; 20(3):367-78. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2012.01541.x. Epub 2012 Jul 31" |
