Title: | A four-component synthetic attractant for Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) isolated from fermented bait headspace |
Author(s): | Cha DH; Adams T; Werle CT; Sampson BJ; Adamczyk JJ; Rogg H; Landolt PJ; |
Address: | "Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Wapato, WA 98951, USA" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1526-4998 (Electronic) 1526-498X (Linking) |
Abstract: | "BACKGROUND: A mixture of wine and vinegar is more attractive than wine or vinegar to spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae), and ethanol and acetic acid are considered key to that attractiveness. In addition to ethanol and acetic acid, 13 other wine and vinegar volatiles are antennally active to D. suzukii and might be involved in food finding. RESULTS: Out of the 13 antennally active chemicals, acetoin, ethyl lactate and methionol increased fly response to a mixture of acetic acid and ethanol in field trapping experiments. A five-component blend of acetic acid, ethanol, acetoin, ethyl lactate and methionol was as attractive as the starting mixture of wine and vinegar in field tests conducted in the states of Oregon and Mississippi. Subtracting ethyl lactate from the five-component blend did not reduce the captures of flies in the trap. However, subtracting any other compound from the blend significantly reduced the numbers of flies captured. CONCLUSION: These results indicate that acetic acid, ethanol, acetoin and methionol are key olfactory cues for D. suzukii when attracted to wine and vinegar, which may be food-finding behavior leading flies to fermenting fruit in nature. It is anticipated that this four-component blend can be used as a highly attractive chemical lure for detection and management of D. suzukii. Published 2013. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA" |
Keywords: | "Acetic Acid/chemistry Animals Chromatography, Gas Drosophila/*drug effects Female *Fermentation Insect Control/*methods Male Organic Chemicals/chemical synthesis/chemistry/*isolation & purification/*pharmacology Wine Drosophila suzukii feeding attractant;" |
Notes: | "MedlineCha, Dong H Adams, Todd Werle, Christopher T Sampson, Blair J Adamczyk, John J Jr Rogg, Helmuth Landolt, Peter J eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2013/05/02 Pest Manag Sci. 2014 Feb; 70(2):324-31. doi: 10.1002/ps.3568. Epub 2013 Jul 22" |