| Title: | Research Progress on the Dendrolimus spp. Pheromone: From Identification to Molecular Recognition |
| Author(s): | Zhang S; Kong X; Zhang Z; |
| Address: | "Key Laboratory of Forest Protection of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China" |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fcell.2022.829826 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2296-634X (Print) 2296-634X (Electronic) 2296-634X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Dendrolimus species (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae), are the most serious phytophagous pests of coniferous forests worldwide. Dendrolimus feed intensively on needles, leading to considerable economic loss and ecological damage. Notably, the outbreak of Dendrolimus is a somewhat periodic pattern, and those outbreaks cause rapid and large-scale destruction of pine forests, with those forests observed to look like 'Fire without smoke'. Sex pheromones play an important role during insect mating and reproduction, and there has been extensive research into the pheromone of Dendrolimus. The pheromone components of several Dendrolimus have been identified, and functions of two most important pheromone recognition genes, pheromone-binding proteins (PBPs) and pheromone receptors (PRs), were clarified. The evolution of PBP gene sequences is in good agreement with the trends in structural changes of the sex pheromone components in several Dendrolimus species, and it is interesting that PRs of Dendrolimus spp. occupy a novel lineage of PRs tuned to Type I pheromones in Lepidoptera. We present the current state of research into the sex pheromone of these important forest pests and highlight the emerging topics, to clarify future urgent work into Dendrolimus" |
| Keywords: | Pbp Pr forest pests periodic outbreak pheromone; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEZhang, Sufang Kong, Xiangbo Zhang, Zhen eng Review Switzerland 2022/05/21 Front Cell Dev Biol. 2022 May 3; 10:829826. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.829826. eCollection 2022" |
