Kairomonal response of predators to three pine bast scale sex pheromones

Autor: A. Binazzi, José Carlos Franco, Hervé Jactel, Manuela Branco, M. Lettere
Přispěvatelé: Centro de Estudos Florestais, Technical University of Lisbon-Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Chimie Biologique (UCB), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon (INA P-G), Universidade de Lisboa (ULISBOA), Agricultural Research Council (CRA), Biodiversité, Gènes et Ecosystèmes (BioGeCo), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Journal of Chemical Ecology
Journal of Chemical Ecology, Springer Verlag, 2006, 32 (7), pp.1577-1586. ⟨10.1007/s10886-006-9071-6⟩
ISSN: 0098-0331
1573-1561
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9071-6⟩
Popis: International audience; The kairomonal activity of the sex pheromones of three pine bast scales, Matsucoccus feytaudi, Matsucoccus josephi, and Matsucoccus matsumurae, as well as a new analog of the M. feytaudi sex pheromone, were investigated in pine forests of France, Portugal, and Italy. The response of the maritime pine bast scale predators, Elatophilus spp. and Hemerobius stigma, was used to test the influence of trapping methods, kairomone composition, and dose. Both predators showed significant attraction to all compounds except to the sex pheromone of M. josephi. Significant increase in captures was observed as a function of dose, and within the studied dose range, up to 2200 mu g, no threshold saturation limits were observed for any of the attractive compounds. Trap design and size did not significantly influence predator captures, except for high population levels of Elatophilus crassicornis, when plate traps were more efficient than delta traps. Geographic variations were found in the kairomonal responses patterns of both predators, with the M. matsumurae sex pheromone being more attractive to the oriental populations from Corsica and Italy, whereas the western populations in Aquitaine and Portugal were more attracted to the M. feytaudi sex pheromone
Databáze: OpenAIRE