Title: | Electroantennographic Responses of Wild and Laboratory-Reared Females of Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff and Xyleborus ferrugineus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) to Ethanol and Bark Volatiles of Three Host-Plant Species |
Author(s): | Romero P; Ibarra-Juarez LA; Carrillo D; Guerrero-Analco JA; Kendra PE; Kiel-Martinez AL; Guillen L; |
Address: | "Red de Manejo Biorracional de Plagas y Vectores, Instituto de Ecologia AC (INECOL)-Cluster Cientifico y Tecnologico BioMimic(R), Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, Xalapa 91073, Veracruz, Mexico. Red de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados, Instituto de Ecologia AC (INECOL)-Cluster Cientifico y Tecnologico BioMimic(R), Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, Xalapa 91073, Veracruz, Mexico. Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (Catedras) Commissioned to Instituto de Ecologia AC (INECOL), Xalapa 91073, Veracruz, Mexico. Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Homestead, FL 33031, USA. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Subtropical Horticulture Research Station, 13601 Old Cutler Rd., Miami, FL 33158, USA" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 2075-4450 (Print) 2075-4450 (Electronic) 2075-4450 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Chemical ecology studies on ambrosia beetles are typically conducted with either wild or laboratory-reared specimens. Unlike laboratory-reared insects, important aspects that potentially influence behavioral responses, such as age, physiological state, and prior experience are unknown in wild specimens. In this study, we compared the electroantennographic (EAG) responses of laboratory-reared and wild X. affinis and X. ferrugineus to 70% ethanol and bark odors (host kairomones) of Bursera simaruba, Mangifera indica, and Persea schiedeana aged for 2, 24, and 48 h. Chemical analyses of each odor treatment (bark species x length of aging) were performed to determine their volatilome composition. EAG responses were different between laboratory-reared and wild X. ferrugineus when exposed to ethanol, whereas wild X. affinis exhibited similar EAG responses to the laboratory-reared insects. Ethanol elicited the strongest olfactory responses in both species. Among the bark-odors, the highest responses were triggered by B. simaruba at 48 h in X. affinis, and P. schiedeana at 24 and 48 h in X. ferrugineus. Volatile profiles varied among aged bark samples; 3-carene and limonene were predominant in B. simaruba, whereas alpha-copaene and alpha-cubebene were abundant in P. schiedeana. Further studies are needed to determine the biological function of B. simaruba and P. schiedeana terpenes on X. affinis and X. ferrugineus, and their potential application for the development of effective lures" |
Keywords: | ambrosia beetles electroantennography (EAG) host kairomones olfaction volatilome; |
Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINERomero, Patricia Ibarra-Juarez, Luis A Carrillo, Daniel Guerrero-Analco, Jose A Kendra, Paul E Kiel-Martinez, Ana L Guillen, Larissa eng Project 292399/Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT)/ Switzerland 2022/07/28 Insects. 2022 Jul 21; 13(7):655. doi: 10.3390/insects13070655" |