| Autor: |
Vacas S; CEQA-Instituto Agroforestal del Mediterráneo, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, edificio 6C-5a planta, Valencia, Valencia 46022, Spain., Navarro Fuertes I; Universitat de València, Facultat de Químiques, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Dr. Moliner 50, Burjassot, Valencia 46100, Spain., García-García V; Universitat de València, Facultat de Químiques, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Dr. Moliner 50, Burjassot, Valencia 46100, Spain., Marzo Bargues J; Ecología y Protección Agrícola SL, Pol. Ind. Ciutat de Carlet, Carlet, Valencia 46240, Spain., Abad-Somovilla A; Universitat de València, Facultat de Químiques, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Dr. Moliner 50, Burjassot, Valencia 46100, Spain., Primo J; CEQA-Instituto Agroforestal del Mediterráneo, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, edificio 6C-5a planta, Valencia, Valencia 46022, Spain., Navarro-Llopis V; CEQA-Instituto Agroforestal del Mediterráneo, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, edificio 6C-5a planta, Valencia, Valencia 46022, Spain. |
| Abstrakt: |
Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae), a polyphagous and cosmopolitan pest native to Australia, is a highly damaging pest for numerous crops of economic importance. The sex pheromone of this species (2-(1,5,5-trimethylcyclopent-2-en-1-yl)ethyl acetate), currently used for pest monitoring purposes, was not attractive to males in field experiments conducted in Spanish persimmon orchards infested with this mealybug. The virgin and mated female volatile profiles of these P. longispinus populations were studied by the volatile collection of effluvia in Porapak-Q. The resulting extracts were analyzed by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS), revealing a new compound specific to virgin females and different from the previously described sex pheromone. Based on GC-MS data and nuclear magnetic resonance experiments, we envisaged monoterpene 2-(1,5-dimethyl-4-methylenecyclopent-2-en-1-yl)ethyl acetate as the new sex pheromone candidate, which was synthesized and shown to be attractive in the field to P. longispinus males of the Spanish population. |
