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J Insect Physiol

Title:		Electrophysiological responses of female Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera; Noctuidae) to synthetic host odours
Author(s):		Burguiere L; Marion-Poll F; Cork A;
Address:		"INRA Station de Phytopharmacie, route de Saint Cyr, 78206 Cedex, Versailles, France"
Journal Title:		J Insect Physiol
Year:		2001
Volume:		47
Issue:		4-May
Page Number:		509 - 514
DOI:		10.1016/s0022-1910(00)00119-0
ISSN/ISBN:		1879-1611 (Electronic) 0022-1910 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Studies were conducted to investigate the electroantennographic (EAG) responses of adult female Helicoverpa armigera to a range of known and putative kairomone components. The studies show that at a given dose the EAG responses elicited by a series of straight-chain aliphatic primary alcohols were not dependent on volatility since butan-1-ol and pentan-1-ol elicited EAG responses that were significantly smaller than those elicited by hexan-1-ol. The amplitudes of responses to hexan-1-ol were found to be dose dependent with a dose of 10(-1) micromol at source in a non-volatile solvent eliciting the largest response. Similarly, changes in functionality in a range of C(6) straight-chain aliphatic compounds significantly changed the amplitude of response elicited, with aldehydes eliciting smaller responses than the related primary alcohols and saturated compounds eliciting higher responses than related unsaturated compounds. Of the range of nine host plant-produced terpenoids tested, ocimene and beta-phellandrene elicited the highest responses and of the six aromatic compounds tested phenylacetaldehyde and benzaldehyde elicited the largest responses, at the doses tested. The significance of these findings for analysis of floral odours by gas chromatography linked to electroantennography as a means of identifying kairomone components attractive to H. armigera are discussed"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEBurguiere, L Marion-Poll, F Cork, A eng England 2001/02/13 J Insect Physiol. 2001 Apr; 47(4-5):509-514. doi: 10.1016/s0022-1910(00)00119-0"