| Title: | Identification of male-produced aggregation pheromone of the curculionid beetle Acrotomopus atropunctellus |
| Author(s): | Rodriguez SA; Perez ML; Nazareno MA; |
| Address: | "Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Santiago del Estero (CITSE), CONICET-UNSE,Santiago del Estero,Argentina. Seccion Zoologia Agricola,Estacion Experimental Agroindustrial Obispo Colombres, EEAOC-CONICET,Williams Cross 3150. Las Talitas,Tucuman,Argentina" |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0007485316000146 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1475-2670 (Electronic) 0007-4853 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The sugarcane stem weevil, Acrotomopus atropunctellus (Boheman) (Curculionidae: Molytinae: Cholini) is an important economic pest from the Northwestern region of Argentina. Analyses of the headspace volatiles produced by separated males and females revealed one male-specific compound. Its structural identification is reported here in using gas chromatography coupled with mass spectroscopy analysis and chemical micro-reactions. Besides, two laboratory olfactometry assays allowed us to propose 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one (sulcatone) as an aggregation pheromone for this insect, being attractive to both conspecific males and females. This compound is reported for the first time as involved in the Curculionidae family communication" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Behavior, Animal Female Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Male Pheromones/chemistry/isolation & purification/*metabolism Weevils/chemistry/*metabolism Acrotomopus atropunctellus aggregation pheromones curculionidae sulcatone weevils;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineRodriguez, S A Perez, M L P Nazareno, M A eng England 2016/03/29 Bull Entomol Res. 2016 Aug; 106(4):494-501. doi: 10.1017/S0007485316000146. Epub 2016 Mar 28" |
