| Title: | Evidence for a male-produced pheromone in Tetropium fuscum (F.) and Tetropium cinnamopterum (Kirby) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) |
| Author(s): | Silk PJ; Sweeney J; Wu J; Price J; Gutowski JM; Kettela EG; |
| Address: | "Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service-Atlantic Forestry Centre, P.O. Box 4000, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5P7, Canada. psilk@nrcan.gc.ca" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00114-007-0244-0 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0028-1042 (Print) 0028-1042 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "(E)-6,10-dimethyl-5,9-undecadien-2-ol (geranyl acetol), termed here fuscol, was identified as a male-produced pheromone emitted by Tetropium fuscum (F.) and Tetropium cinnamopterum Kirby. In field experiments, traps baited with synthetic fuscol alone were not significantly attractive, but the combination of fuscol plus host volatiles (a synthetic blend of monoterpenes plus ethanol) attracted significantly more male and female T. fuscum and female T. cinnamopterum than did host volatiles alone. This is the first homoterpenoid alcohol to be described in the Cerambycidae, and the first pheromone reported from the sub-family Spondylidinae" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Coleoptera/*physiology Female Male Pheromones/*physiology Plant Diseases/parasitology Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization Trees/parasitology;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineSilk, Peter J Sweeney, Jon Wu, Junping Price, Jessica Gutowski, Jerzy M Kettela, Edward G eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Germany 2007/04/13 Naturwissenschaften. 2007 Aug; 94(8):697-701. doi: 10.1007/s00114-007-0244-0. Epub 2007 Apr 12" |
