ENDO-BREVICOMIN: AN ANTIAGGREGATION PHEROMONE FOR THE WESTERN BALSAM BARK BEETLE, DRYOCOETES CONFUSUS SWAINE (COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE)

Autor:	Blair D. Johnston, T.L. Pratt, Arthur J. Stock, John H. Borden, Harold D. Pierce
Rok vydání:	1990
Předmět:	Dryocoetes confusus Balsam Bark beetle Physiology Biology biology.organism_classification Structural Biology Insect Science Sex pheromone Botany Pheromone PEST analysis Abies lasiocarpa Molecular Biology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Woody plant
Zdroj:	The Canadian Entomologist. 122:935-940
ISSN:	1918-3240 0008-347X
DOI:	10.4039/ent122935-9
Popis:	Laboratory bioassays and field tests demonstrated that the (+) enantiomer of endo-brevicomin is an antiaggregation pheromone for the western balsam bark beetle, Dryocoetes confusus Swaine. (+)-endo-Brevicomin significantly reduced the response of beetles of both sexes to the aggregation pheromone exo-brevicomin in laboratory bioassays and in field experiments using multiple-funnel traps. It also prevented attack on subalpine fir, Abies lasiocarpa (Hook) Nutt., trees baited with exo-brevicomin. The (−) enantiomer of endo-brevicomin was inactive. These results suggest that (+) or (±)-endo-brevicomin has potential for protecting selected trees from attack, or suppressing western balsam bark beetle activity in high hazard or infested stands.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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