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J Chem Ecol

Title:		"Male-specific conversion of the host plant compound, myrcene, to the pheromone, (+)-ipsdienol, in the bark beetle,Dendroctonus brevicomis"
Author(s):		Byers JA;
Address:		"Department of Entomological Sciences, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, California"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1982
Volume:		8
Issue:		2
Page Number:		363 - 371
DOI:		10.1007/BF00987784
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"When both sexes of the bark beetle,Dendroctonus brevicomis LeConte, were exposed to vapors of myrcene from ponderosa pine, only the male produced (+)-ipsdienol. In the field, racemic ipsdienol significantly reduced the attraction of both sexes in flight to a mixture of myrcene and the aggregation pheromones,exo-brevicomin and frontalin. This suggests that ipsdienol may be involved in regulating colonization density ofD. brevicomis. The implications of the biosynthesis of various enantiomers of ipsdienol byD. brevicomis and the cohabitating bark beetles,Ips paraconfusus andI. pini, in relation to their behavioral responses are discussed in regard to reducing interspecific competition"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEByers, J A eng 1982/02/01 J Chem Ecol. 1982 Feb; 8(2):363-71. doi: 10.1007/BF00987784"