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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Title:		General principles of attraction and competitive attraction as revealed by large-cage studies of moths responding to sex pheromone
Author(s):		Miller JR; McGhee PS; Siegert PY; Adams CG; Huang J; Grieshop MJ; Gut LJ;
Address:		"Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. miller20@msu.edu"
Journal Title:		Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Year:		2010
Volume:		20091214
Issue:		1
Page Number:		22 - 27
DOI:		10.1073/pnas.0908453107
ISSN/ISBN:		1091-6490 (Electronic) 0027-8424 (Print) 0027-8424 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Knowledge of how insects are actually affected by sex pheromones deployed throughout a crop so as to disrupt mating has lacked a mechanistic framework sufficient for guiding optimization of this environmentally friendly pest-control tactic. Major hypotheses are competitive attraction, desensitization, and camouflage. Working with codling moths, Cydia pomonella, in field cages millions of times larger than laboratory test tubes and at substrate concentrations trillions of times less than those typical for enzymes, we nevertheless demonstrate that mating disruption sufficiently parallels enzyme (ligand) -substrate interactions so as to justify adoption of conceptual and analytical tools of biochemical kinetics. By doing so, we prove that commercial dispensers of codling moth pheromone first competitively attract and then deactivate males probably for the remainder of a night. No evidence was found for camouflage. We generated and now validate simple algebraic equations for attraction and competitive attraction that will guide optimization and broaden implementation of behavioral manipulations of pests. This analysis system also offers a unique approach to quantifying animal foraging behaviors and could find applications across the natural and social sciences"
Keywords:		"Agriculture/methods Animals Crops, Agricultural Female Male Models, Biological Moths/*physiology Pest Control, Biological/methods Reproducibility of Results Sex Attractants/*metabolism Sexual Behavior, Animal/*physiology Smell/physiology Wind;"
Notes:		"MedlineMiller, J R McGhee, P S Siegert, P Y Adams, C G Huang, J Grieshop, M J Gut, L J eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. 2009/12/19 Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jan 5; 107(1):22-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0908453107. Epub 2009 Dec 14"