| Title: | "A male-produced sex pheromone from the neotropical redbanded stink bug, Piezodorus guildinii (W)" |
| Author(s): | Borges M; Millar JG; Laumann RA; Moraes MC; |
| Address: | "EMBRAPA/Recursos Geneticos e Biotecnologia/NCB-Cx, 02372, Brasilia, DF, Brazil. mborges@cenargen.embrapa.br" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10886-007-9294-1 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The male-produced sex pheromone of the neotropical redbanded stink bug, Piezodorus guildinii (W.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), a serious pest of soybean in Central and South America, was identified as the sesquiterpene hydrocarbon beta-sesquiphellandrene by coupled gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and laboratory bioassays. The identity was confirmed by comparison with an authentic standard, and its absolute configuration was determined to be (7R)-(+)-beta-sesquiphellandrene. The mean rate of release was approximately 40 ng d(-1) male(-1). The compound was found only in extracts from sexually mature males. Laboratory olfactometer bioassays showed that 200 ng of the synthetic compound applied to a filter paper strip was as attractive to female bugs as odors from five 15-d-old live males, an airborne extract from males, or the fraction of the extract that contained (7R)-(+)-beta-sesquiphellandrene" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Female Heteroptera/drug effects/*physiology Male Sesquiterpenes/*isolation & purification/pharmacology Sex Attractants/*isolation & purification/pharmacology Sexual Behavior, Animal/drug effects;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineBorges, Miguel Millar, Jocelyn G Laumann, R A Moraes, Maria C B eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2007/04/25 J Chem Ecol. 2007 Jun; 33(6):1235-48. doi: 10.1007/s10886-007-9294-1. Epub 2007 Apr 24" |
