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J Chem Ecol

Title:		Influence of Two Acyclic Homoterpenes (Tetranorterpenes) on the Foraging Behavior of Anthonomus grandis Boh
Author(s):		Magalhaes DM; Borges M; Laumann RA; Woodcock CM; Pickett JA; Birkett MA; Blassioli-Moraes MC;
Address:		"Laboratorio de Semioquimicos, Embrapa Recursos Geneticos e Biotecnologia, Brasilia, DF, CEP 70770-900, Brazil. Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, DF, CEP 70910-900, Brazil. Biological Chemistry and Crop Protection Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK. Laboratorio de Semioquimicos, Embrapa Recursos Geneticos e Biotecnologia, Brasilia, DF, CEP 70770-900, Brazil. carolina.blassioli@embrapa.br"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		2016
Volume:		20160422
Issue:		4
Page Number:		305 - 313
DOI:		10.1007/s10886-016-0691-1
ISSN/ISBN:		1573-1561 (Electronic) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Previous studies have shown that the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis, is attracted to constitutive and conspecific herbivore-induced cotton volatiles, preferring the blend emitted by cotton at the reproductive over the vegetative stage. Moreover, this preference was paralleled by the release of the acyclic homoterpenes (tetranorterpenes) (E)-4,8-dimethyl-1,3,7-nonatriene (DMNT) and (E,E)-4,8,12-trimethyltrideca-1,3,7,11-tetraene (TMTT) in Delta Opal cotton being higher at the vegetative than at the reproductive stage. Here, we evaluated whether this difference in release of acyclic homoterpenes also occurred in other cotton varieties, and if boll weevils could recognize these compounds as indicators of a specific cotton phenological stage. Results showed that cotton genotypes CNPA TB-90, BRS-293 and Delta Opal all produced higher levels of DMNT and TMTT at the vegetative stage than at the reproductive stage and that these homoterpenes allowed for principal component analysis separation of volatiles produced by the two phenological stages. Electroantennograms confirmed boll weevil antennal responses to DMNT and TMTT. Behavioral assays, using Y-tube olfactometers, showed that adding synthetic homoterpenes to reproductive cotton volatiles (mimicking cotton at the vegetative stage in terms of homoterpene levels) resulted in reduced attraction to boll weevils compared to that to unmodified reproductive cotton. Weevils showed no preference when given a choice between plants at the vegetative stage and the vegetative stage-mimicked plant. Altogether, the results show that DMNT and TMTT are used by boll weevils to distinguish between cotton phenological stages"
Keywords:		"Animals Behavior, Animal/*drug effects Biological Assay Female Genotype Gossypium/genetics/metabolism Male Terpenes/*chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology Weevils/*drug effects Coleoptera Cotton Curculionidae Homoterpenes Host plant Ontogenetic Phenological;"
Notes:		"MedlineMagalhaes, D M Borges, M Laumann, R A Woodcock, C M Pickett, J A Birkett, M A Blassioli-Moraes, Maria Carolina eng BBS/E/C/00004945/BB_/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom 2016/04/24 J Chem Ecol. 2016 Apr; 42(4):305-13. doi: 10.1007/s10886-016-0691-1. Epub 2016 Apr 22"