| Title: | Caterpillar-Induced Plant Volatiles Attract Adult Tortricidae |
| Author(s): | Suckling DM; El-Sayed AM; |
| Address: | "The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Gerald Street, Lincoln, 7608, New Zealand. max.suckling@plantandfood.co.nz. School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Tamaki Campus, Building, Auckland, 733, New Zealand. max.suckling@plantandfood.co.nz. The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Gerald Street, Lincoln, 7608, New Zealand" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10886-017-0847-7 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1573-1561 (Electronic) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Binary and ternary combinations of volatile organic compounds identified earlier from caterpillar-infested apple foliage caught more than one thousand individuals of both sexes of several adult tortricid leafroller species in several days of trials conducted in apple orchards in southern British Columbia. A series of combinations with phenylacetonitrile, benzyl alcohol, and/or 2-phenylethanol and acetic acid enabled substantial catches of both sexes of eye-spotted budmoth, Spilonota ocellana, oblique-banded leafroller, Choristoneura rosaceana and three-lined leafroller, Pandemis limitata. These findings suggest that new monitoring aides can be developed to seasonally track populations, enabling practical applications in surveillance of female leafroller populations for the first time. It may also be possible to develop suppression tools based on combinations of kairomone compounds originally identified from leafroller larval-damaged apple trees, given the level of attraction. The discovery of these adult tortricid attractants (aromatic compounds plus acetic acid) raises new ecological questions about evolved direct plant defences against herbivores. Larval feeding-induced attraction of adult herbivores produces signals that are potentially harmful to the plant by increasing herbivory in the same family and probably feeding guild, but evidence for effects on plant fitness is needed" |
| Keywords: | "Acetic Acid/pharmacology Acetonitriles/pharmacology Animals Behavior, Animal/*drug effects Benzyl Alcohol/pharmacology Female Larva/growth & development/physiology Male Malus/*chemistry/metabolism Moths/drug effects/*physiology Volatile Organic Compounds/;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineSuckling, D M El-Sayed, A M eng 2017/05/10 J Chem Ecol. 2017 May; 43(5):487-492. doi: 10.1007/s10886-017-0847-7. Epub 2017 May 6" |
