« Previous Abstract"Unsaturated Cuticular Hydrocarbon Components of the Sex Pheromone of Eggplant Fruit Borer, Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)"    Next Abstract"Trail-following responses of the Argentine ant,Iridomyrmex humilis (Mayr), to a synthetic trail pheromone component and analogs" »

J Chem Ecol

Title:		"Specificity of laboratory trail following by the argentine ant,Iridomyrmex humilis (Mayr), to (Z)-9-hexadecenal, analogs, and gaster extract"
Author(s):		Van Vorhis Key SE; Baker TC;
Address:		"Department of Entomology, University of California, 92521, Riverside, California"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1982
Volume:		8
Issue:		7
Page Number:		1057 - 1063
DOI:		10.1007/BF00987886
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"In laboratory trail-following bioassays of Argentine ant workers,Iridomyrmex humilis (Mayr), the geometric isomer, (E)-9-hexadecenal, of the trail pheromone component (Z)-9-hexadecenal elicited insignificant trail following as did the potentially more stable formate analogs, (Z)-7-tetradecenyl formate, (E)-7-tetradecenyl formate, and tetradecyl formate. Further, in direct choice tests, workers showed no preference for gaster extract trails (0.002 ant equiv/cm) over trails of (Z)-9-hexadecenal (0.2 ng/cm). Moreover, a 10-fold increase in synthetic trail concentration to 2.0 ng/cm caused (Z)-9-hexadecenal trails to be significantly preferred over gaster extract trails by trail-following ants"
Keywords:
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEVan Vorhis Key, S E Baker, T C eng 1982/07/01 J Chem Ecol. 1982 Jul; 8(7):1057-63. doi: 10.1007/BF00987886"