| Title: | Electrophysiological and behavioural responses of Stegobium paniceum to volatile compounds from Chinese medicinal plant materials |
| Author(s): | Cao Y; Pistillo OM; Lou Y; D'Isita I; Maggi F; Hu Q; Germinara GS; Li C; |
| Address: | "Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Rare Animal and Economic Insect of the Mountainous Region, Department of Biology and Engineering of Environment, Guiyang University, Guiyang, People's Republic of China. Department of Agriculture, Food, Natural Resources and Engineering, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. Chemistry Interdisciplinary Project (ChIP), School of Pharmacy, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1526-4998 (Electronic) 1526-498X (Print) 1526-498X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "BACKGROUND: Stegobium paniceum (Coleoptera, Anobiidae) is an important pest of stored products causing severe damage to dried Chinese medicinal plant materials (CMPMs). Plant volatiles play an important role in host-searching of insects. The olfactory responses of S. paniceum to the most abundant volatile components of some drugstore attractant CMPMs such as Panax notoginseng, Angelica sinensis, Gastrodia elata and Peucedanum praeruptorum, namely falcarinol, 3-n-butylphthalide, p-cresol and beta-pinene, respectively, were studied by electroantennography (EAG) and behavioural bioassays in six- and four-arm olfactometers. RESULTS: EAG recordings showed that male and female antennae are able to perceive the test compounds in a wide range of concentrations and in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, for each dose of different compounds tested, no significant differences were found between the mean male and female EAG responses. In six-arm olfactometer bioassays, S. paniceum exhibited positive responses to falcarinol, 3-n-butylphthalide, p-cresol and beta-pinene at doses of 1, 10, 100, 500 and 1000 mug. The most attractive dose was 500 mug for falcarinol, 100 mug for 3-n-butylphthalide, 500 mug for p-cresol and 1000 mug for beta-pinene. Olfactory preferences of S. paniceum, based on comparison of these four compounds at their optimally attractive concentrations in a four-arm olfactometer, were 3-n-butylphthalide > p-cresol > falcarinol > beta-pinene. CONCLUSION: The results indicated that the four volatiles of CMPMs are perceived by the peripheral olfactory system of S. paniceum adults and are able to individually elicit a positive chemotaxis in S. paniceum adults confirming the role of chemical cues in host-plant detection and selection of this pest. Further field studies are needed to evaluate the potential of the attractive compounds identified in this study, particularly 3-n-butylphthalide, to be applied as a novel monitoring and control tool against this storage-beetle pest. (c) 2022 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry" |
| Keywords: | "Animals China *Coleoptera/physiology Female Male Pest Control/methods *Plants, Medicinal Smell *Volatile Organic Compounds/chemistry/pharmacology Chinese medicinal plant material Eag Stegobium paniceum concentration olfactory response volatile organic com;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineCao, Yu Pistillo, Onofrio Marco Lou, Yibin D'Isita, Ilaria Maggi, Filippo Hu, Qiqi Germinara, Giacinto Salvatore Li, Can eng First-class Discipline Construction of Guizhou Province (XKTJ[2020]14)/ 201910976014/National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for College Students/ 202010976003/National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for College Students/ GYU-YJS[2021]-15/Graduate Program from Guiyang University/ No.2016[4020]/Training Project for High-Level Innovative Talents in Guizhou Province/ England 2022/05/28 Pest Manag Sci. 2022 Aug; 78(8):3697-3703. doi: 10.1002/ps.7012. Epub 2022 Jun 15" |
