Title: | "Enhancement of attraction and trap catches of the old-house borer, Hylotrupes bajulus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), by combination of male sex pheromone and monoterpenes" |
Author(s): | Reddy GV; Fettkother R; Noldt U; Dettner K; |
Address: | "Institute of Animal Ecology-II, University of Bayreuth, Postbox 101251, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany. reddy@guam.uog.edu" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1526-498X (Print) 1526-498X (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Monoterpenoid compounds extracted from wood of Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris L, synergized the attraction of the old-house borer, Hylotrupes bajulus (L), to the male pheromone (3R)-3-hydroxy-2-hexanone ((3R)-ketol) + 1-butanol. Glasshouse experiments using ground traps baited with extracts derived from Scots pine wood or the monoterpenes (+)-alpha-pinene, (-)-verbenone, (-)-trans-pinocarveol and (+)-terpinen-4-ol attracted significantly more H bajulus females, but caught fewer of them, than the synthetic pheromone mixture alone. Traps baited with higher concentrations of the monoterpene mixture attracted fewer females than those baited with lower dosages, whilst very high concentrations of the mixture (6-10 vials) caught no insects. However, a combination of (3R)-ketol + 1-butanol or (+/-)-3-ketol + 1-butanol with monoterpenes resulted in the capture of significantly more females than either the sex pheromone or the monoterpene mixture alone. Traps baited with a blend of the male's sex pheromone or the monoterpenes attracted significantly more, but caught fewer, males than females. Here again, a combination of the above blends enhanced the attraction of males significantly when compared with the attractancy of either of the compounds/mixtures used alone" |
Keywords: | "Animals Behavior, Animal/drug effects *Coleoptera/physiology Female Male *Monoterpenes/pharmacology Pest Control, Biological/*methods *Sex Attractants/pharmacology;" |
Notes: | "MedlineReddy, Gadi V P Fettkother, Regina Noldt, Uwe Dettner, Konrad eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2005/03/19 Pest Manag Sci. 2005 Jul; 61(7):699-704. doi: 10.1002/ps.1044" |