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Naturwissenschaften

Title:		Alcoholism in cockchafers: orientation of male Melolontha melolontha towards green leaf alcohols
Author(s):		Reinecke A; Ruther J; Tolasch T; Francke W; Hilker M;
Address:		"Institut fur Biologie, Angewandte Zoologie/Okologie der Tiere, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany. andrein@zedat.fu-berlin.de"
Journal Title:		Naturwissenschaften
Year:		2002
Volume:		89
Issue:		6
Page Number:		265 - 269
DOI:		10.1007/s00114-002-0314-2
ISSN/ISBN:		0028-1042 (Print) 0028-1042 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Chemical orientation of the European cockchafer, Melolontha melolontha L., a serious pest in agriculture and horticulture, was investigated by field tests and electrophysiological experiments using plant volatiles. In total, 16 typical plant volatiles were shown to elicit electrophysiological responses in male cockchafers. Funnel trap field bioassays revealed that green leaf alcohols (i.e. (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol, (E)-2-hexen-1-ol and 1-hexanol) attracted males, whereas the corresponding aldehydes and acetates were behaviourally inactive. Furthermore, male cockchafers were attracted by volatiles from mechanically damaged leaves of Fagus sylvatica L., Quercus robur L. and Carpinus betulus L. However, volatiles emitted by damaged leaves of F. sylvatica attracted significantly more males than those from the other host plants. Odour from intact F. sylvatica leaves was not attractive to M. melolontha males. Females were not attracted by any of the tested volatile sources. The results suggest that plant volatiles play a similar role as a sexual kairomone in mate finding of M. melolontha, as has been shown for the forest cockchafer, Melolontha hippocastani F. Nevertheless, both species show remarkable differences in their reaction to green leaf alcohols"
Keywords:		Alcohols/*pharmacology Animals Coleoptera/drug effects/*physiology Ethanol/*pharmacology Orientation/*drug effects Plant Leaves/*physiology Structure-Activity Relationship;
Notes:		"MedlineReinecke, Andreas Ruther, Joachim Tolasch, Till Francke, Wittko Hilker, Monika eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Germany 2002/07/31 Naturwissenschaften. 2002 Jun; 89(6):265-9. doi: 10.1007/s00114-002-0314-2"