| Title: | Biotic and abiotic factors affect green ash volatile production and emerald ash borer adult feeding preference |
| Address: | "Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. ygchen@msu.edu" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1938-2936 (Electronic) 0046-225X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), is an exotic woodborer first detected in 2002 in Michigan and Ontario and is threatening the ash resource in North America. We examined the effects of light exposure and girdling on green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh) volatile production, and effects of light exposure, girdling, and leaf age on emerald ash borer adult feeding preferences and phototaxis. Green ash seedlings grown under higher light exposure had lower amounts of three individual volatile compounds, (Z)-3-hexenol, (E)-beta-ocimene, and (Z,E)-alpha-farnesene, as well as the total amount of six detected volatile compounds. Girdling did not affect the levels of these volatiles. Emerald ash borer females preferred mature leaves, leaves from girdled trees, and leaves grown in the sun over young leaves, leaves from nongirdled trees, and leaves grown in the shade, respectively. These emerald ash borer preferences were most likely because of physical, nutritional, or biochemical changes in leaves in response to the different treatments. Emerald ash borer females and males showed positive phototaxis in laboratory arenas, a response consistent with emerald ash borer preference for host trees growing in sunlight" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Coleoptera/*physiology Female Food Preferences Fraxinus/metabolism/*parasitology Host-Parasite Interactions *Light Male Plant Leaves/metabolism *Stress, Physiological Volatile Organic Compounds/*metabolism;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineChen, Yigen Poland, Therese M eng Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. England 2009/12/22 Environ Entomol. 2009 Dec; 38(6):1756-64. doi: 10.1603/022.038.0629" |
