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J Agric Food Chem

Title:		"Revisiting the Male-Produced Aggregation Pheromone of the Lesser Mealworm, Alphitobius diaperinus (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae): Identification of a Six-Component Pheromone from a Brazilian Population"
Author(s):		Hassemer MJ; Sant'Ana J; Borges M; Withall D; Pickett JA; de Oliveira MW; Laumann RA; Birkett MA; Blassioli-Moraes MC;
Address:		"UnB - Universidade de Brasi?nlia , Departamento de Zoologia, Campus Universitario Darcy Ribeiro, Brasi?nlia, DF 70910-900, Brazil. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul , PPG-Fitotecnia, Avenida Bento Goncalves, 7712 Porto Alegre, RS 90040-060, Brazil. EMBRAPA Recursos Geneticos e Biotecnologia , Parque Estacao Biologica, W5 Norte, 70770-917 Brasi?nlia, Brazil. Biological Chemistry and Crop Protection Department, Rothamsted Research , Harpenden, Herts AL5?ª+2JQ, United Kingdom"
Journal Title:		J Agric Food Chem
Year:		2016
Volume:		20160831
Issue:		36
Page Number:		6809 - 6818
DOI:		10.1021/acs.jafc.6b02235
ISSN/ISBN:		1520-5118 (Electronic) 0021-8561 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The lesser mealworm, Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer 1797 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), is a cosmopolitan insect pest affecting poultry production. Due to its cryptic behavior, insecticide control is usually not efficient. Thus, sustainable and effective methods would have an enormous and positive impact in poultry production. The aim of this study was to confirm the identity of the male-produced aggregation pheromone for a Brazilian population of A. diaperinus and to evaluate its biological activity in behavioral assays. Six male-specific compounds were identified: (R)-limonene (1), (E)-ocimene (2), 2-nonanone (3), (S)-linalool (4), (R)-daucene (5), all described before in an American population, and a sixth component, (E,E)-alpha-farnesene (6), which is apparently exclusive to a Brazilian population. Y-Tube bioassays confirmed the presence of a male-produced aggregation pheromone and showed that all components need to be present in a similar ratio and concentration as emitted by male A. diaperinus to produce a positive chemotactic response"
Keywords:		"Acyclic Monoterpenes Alkenes/chemistry Animals Behavior, Animal Brazil Bridged Bicyclo Compounds/chemistry *Chemotaxis Chromatography, Gas Cyclohexenes/chemistry Female Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Ketones/chemistry Limonene Male Monoterpenes/chem;"
Notes:		"MedlineHassemer, Marla J Sant'Ana, Josue Borges, Miguel Withall, David Pickett, John A de Oliveira, Marcio W M Laumann, Raul A Birkett, Michael A Blassioli-Moraes, Maria C eng 2016/08/06 J Agric Food Chem. 2016 Sep 14; 64(36):6809-18. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b02235. Epub 2016 Aug 31"