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J Chem Ecol

Title:		"Effects of age and mating on female sex attractant pheromone levels in the sorghum plant bug, Stenotus rubrovittatus (Matsumura)"
Author(s):		Oku K; Yasuda T;
Address:		"National Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Kannondai 3-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8666, Japan. okeiko@affrc.go.jp"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		2010
Volume:		20100429
Issue:		5
Page Number:		548 - 552
DOI:		10.1007/s10886-010-9795-1
ISSN/ISBN:		1573-1561 (Electronic) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Previous work has shown that male sorghum plant bugs, Stenotus rubrovittatus (Matsumura) (Heteroptera: Miridae), are more attracted to young virgin females than to old virgin females and are not attracted to mated females. Therefore, we examined the effects of age and mating status on female sex pheromone levels. The pheromone components, hexyl butyrate, (E)-hex-2-en-1-yl butyrate, and (E)-4-oxohex-2-enal, were collected from females in two different ways. First, the compounds were extracted from whole bodies of each female and quantified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Pheromone levels extracted from virgin female bodies decreased with age. In females that had just mated, pheromone levels did not differ from those of virgin females, and pheromone levels in mated females remained relatively constant up to 15 d after mating. This absence of change in pheromone levels extracted from whole bodies of mated females is not congruent with previous reports of lack of male attraction to these females. In a second method for pheromone recovery (adsorption on a PDMS-coated stir bar), GC-MS analysis showed that mated females released lower amounts of pheromone components compared to those emitted by virgin females of the same age (4 d). As was the case with whole body extracts, young virgin females (3 d) released higher amounts of pheromone components than did old virgin females (8 d). The results suggest that male response in S. rubrovittatus is dictated more by the quantities of pheromone components released into the volatile headspace by females than by the quantities present in the body"
Keywords:		"Age Factors Animals Butyrates/analysis/isolation & purification Female Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Heteroptera/*metabolism/physiology Male Sex Attractants/*chemistry Sexual Behavior, Animal Sexual Maturation;"
Notes:		"MedlineOku, Keiko Yasuda, Tetsuya eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2010/04/29 J Chem Ecol. 2010 May; 36(5):548-52. doi: 10.1007/s10886-010-9795-1. Epub 2010 Apr 29"