| Title: | "Effect of rearing conditions on production of sternal gland secretion, and identification of minor components in the sternal gland secretion of the predatory stink bug Eocanthecona furcellata" |
| Author(s): | Ho HY; Hsu YC; Chuang YC; Chow YS; |
| Address: | "Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 115, Republic of China. shine@gate.sinica.edu.tw" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10886-005-0971-7 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Production of the male specific compound, 6,10,13-trimethyltetradecyl isovalerate by the predatory stink bug Eocanthecona furcellata (Wolff) was dramatically affected by rearing conditions. Male bugs kept isolated after eclosion produced an average of 1,948 ng of 6,10,13-trimethyltetradecyl isovalerate per bug, whereas male bugs reared in groups of 5-8 bugs produced an average of only 4 ng of 6,10,13-trimethyltetradecyl isovalerate per bug. Same-sex or mixed-sex pairs of bugs produced less than 50 ng per bug. Male bugs kept isolated for 1 wk and then grouped for 1 wk produced 3 ng of 6,10,13-trimethyltetradecyl isovalerate per bug, whereas male bugs grouped first and then isolated produced 135 ng of 6,10,13-trimethyltetradecyl isovalerate. A total of 11 minor components in relative amounts of less than 1% of the major 6,10,13-trimethyltetradecyl isovalerate were found in the sternal gland secretion. These included 6,10,13-trimethyltetradecanol, acetate, propionate, and butyrate esters of 6,10,13-trimethyltetradecanol, and isovalerate or valerate esters of homologs of 6,10,13-trimethyltetradecanol" |
| Keywords: | Animals Exocrine Glands/metabolism Heteroptera/growth & development/*physiology Male Pentanoic Acids/analysis/*metabolism Sex Attractants/analysis/*metabolism; |
| Notes: | "MedlineHo, Hsiao-Yung Hsu, Yun-Che Chuang, Ya-Chun Chow, Yien-Shing eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2005/04/21 J Chem Ecol. 2005 Jan; 31(1):29-37. doi: 10.1007/s10886-005-0971-7" |
