IDENTIFICATION AND SYNTHESIS OF FEMALE SEX-PHEROMONE OF ORIENTAL BEETLE, ANOMALA-ORIENTALIS (COLEOPTERA, SCARABAEIDAE)

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作者
ZHANG, AJ [1 ]
FACUNDO, HT [1 ]
ROBBINS, PS [1 ]
LINN, CE [1 ]
HANULA, JL [1 ]
VILLANI, MG [1 ]
ROELOFS, WL [1 ]
机构
[1] CONNECTICUT AGR EXPT STN, NEW HAVEN, CT 06504 USA
关键词
ANOMALA ORIENTALIS; ORIENTAL BEETLE; COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SEX PHEROMONE; (Z)- AND (E)-7-TETRADECEN-2-ONE; DMDS DERIVATIZATION; FLIGHT TUNNEL;
D O I
10.1007/BF02033210
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Females of the Oriental beetle, Anomala orientalis (Waterhouse), release a sex pheromone composed of a 9:1 blend of (Z)- and (E)-7-tetradecen-2-one. The double-bond position of the pheromone was determined by DMDS derivatization and interpretation of the fragmentation patterns produced by monounsaturated ketones. In a sustained-flight tunnel, males responded by flying toward female beetles and attempting to copulate with them. Both effluvium and whole-body extracts of OB females were analyzed, and the activity was found only in the airborne extracts. Flight-tunnel bioassays also showed that a synthetic 90:10 Z/E blend on a rubber septum was attractive and that the responses of males to this blend were equivalent to Z isomer alone, but much better than to the single E isomer.
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