| Title: | Effects of Methyl Eugenol Feeding on Mating Compatibility of Asian Population of Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) with African Population and with B. carambolae |
| Author(s): | Haq IU; Vreysen MJ; Schutze M; Hendrichs J; Shelly T; |
| Address: | "Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Seibersdorf, Austria (imihsan@yahoo.com; M.Vreysen@iaea.org), Insect Pest Management Program, National Agricultural Research Centre, Park Road Islamabad, Pakistan (imihsan@yahoo.com), imihsan@yahoo.com. Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Seibersdorf, Austria (imihsan@yahoo.com; M.Vreysen@iaea.org). School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, PO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4001 (m.schutze@qut.edu.au). Insect Pest Control Section, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria (j.hendrichs@iaea.org) and. USDA-APHIS, 41-650 Ahiki Street, Waimanalo, HI 96795 (todd.e.shelly@aphis.usda.gov)" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0022-0493 (Print) 1938-291X (Electronic) 0022-0493 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Males of some species included in the Bactrocera dorsalis complex are strongly attracted to methyl eugenol (ME) (1,2-dimethoxy-4-(2-propenyl) benzene), a natural compound occurring in a variety of plant species. ME feeding of males of the B. dorsalis complex is known to enhance their mating competitiveness. Within B. dorsalis, recent studies show that Asian and African populations of B. dorsalis are sexually compatible, while populations of B. dorsalis and Bactrocera carambolae are relatively incompatible. The objectives of this study were to examine whether ME feeding by males affects mating compatibility between Asian and African populations of B. dorsalis and ME feeding reduces male mating incompatibility between B. dorsalis (Asian population) and B. carambolae. The data confirmed that Asian and African populations of B. dorsalis are sexually compatible for mating and showed that ME feeding only increased the number of matings. Though ME feeding also increased the number of matings of B. dorsalis (Asian population) and B. carambolae males but the sexual incompatibility between both species was not reduced by treatment with ME. These results conform to the efforts resolving the biological species limits among B. dorsalis complex and have implications for fruit fly control programs in fields and horticultural trade" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Eugenol/*analogs & derivatives/pharmacology Feeding Behavior Male Sex Attractants/*pharmacology Sexual Behavior, Animal/*drug effects Species Specificity Tephritidae/*drug effects/genetics/physiology Bactrocera carambolae Bactrocera dorsalis Bactr;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineHaq, Ihsan Ul Vreysen, Marc J B Schutze, Mark Hendrichs, Jorge Shelly, Todd eng England 2015/09/13 J Econ Entomol. 2016 Feb; 109(1):148-53. doi: 10.1093/jee/tov274. Epub 2015 Sep 11" |
