Title: | "Behavioral responses of malePeriplaneta americana L. to female sex pheromone components, periplanone-A and periplanone-B" |
Author(s): | Okada K; Mori M; Shimazaki K; Chuman T; |
Address: | "Life Science Research Laboratory Japan Tobacco Inc., 6-2 Umegaoka Midoriku, 227, Yokohama, Japan" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Bioassays were performed on malePeriplaneta americana L. using synthetic (-)-periplanone-B (P-B) and Hauptmann's (-)-periplanone-A (P-A), and their mixtures at various ratios to estimate the roles of both periplanones for the sexual communication of the species. Both P-A and P-B elicited qualitatively the same responses, such as antennal movement, rapid locomotion, wing raising, and homosexual behavior of male cockroaches, but the threshold of the pheromone activities for P-B was two orders of magnitude lower than that of P-A. Neither synergistic nor inhibitory but only a simple integrated effect on the responses was observed when mixtures of P-A and P-B were applied" |
Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEOkada, K Mori, M Shimazaki, K Chuman, T eng 1990/09/01 J Chem Ecol. 1990 Sep; 16(9):2605-14. doi: 10.1007/BF00988072" |