Attraction by Selected Organic Compounds to Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Acari: Acaridae)

Autor:	Jan Boczek, Robert E. Davis, Danuta Pankiewicz-Nowicka
Rok vydání:	1986
Předmět:	chemistry.chemical_classification biology biology.organism_classification Acariformes Tyrophagus putrescentiae Tyrophagus chemistry Insect Science Botany Mite Monosaccharide Acaridae Acari Food science Sugar
Zdroj:	Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 79:293-299
ISSN:	1938-2901 0013-8746
Popis:	Various chemicals commonly found in food (17 amino acids, 9 saturated and 11 unsaturated fatty acids, 7 triglycerides, 12 monosaccharides, 9 sugar alcohols, and 23 vitamins) were tested in different concentrations for their ability to attract and sustain feeding by the mold mite, Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank). Within a given biochemical class, similarity in chemical structure did not appear to be related to feeding response. Feeding response of the mold mite to alcohol derivatives of a given sugar was different than its feeding response to the parent sugar. All feeding responses to vitamins occurred within narrow ranges of concentrations and these responses were often contradictory at various concentrations. Absence of repellent substances and, to a lesser extent, presence of attractive compounds is postulated to be the main mechanism in the process of selection and acceptance of food in this polyphagous mite species.
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