Identification and Field Assay of Two Aggregation Pheromone Components Emitted by Males of the Bark Beetle Polygraphus punctifrons (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Journal of Chemical Ecology
Rizan RahmaniErik Hedenström

Abstract

The bark beetle Polygraphus punctifrons (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is a species that feeds on Norway spruce (Picea abies) and is found in the Northern parts of Europe and Russia. The release of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by males and females of P. punctifrons when the beetles bore into spruce stem sections in a laboratory environment was studied using solid phase microextraction (SPME). The sampled VOCs emitted by boring beetles were analysed by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GCMS). (+)-2-[(1R,2S)-1-Methyl-2-(prop-1-en-2-yl)cyclobutyl]ethanol [(+)-(1R,2S)-grandisol] and (-)-(R)-1-isopropyl-4-methyl-3-cyclohexen-1-ol [(-)-(R)-terpinen-4-ol] were identified to be male specific volatiles. The identity of the compounds was confirmed by comparison with synthetic samples. Field trials with synthetic compounds in Sweden showed that racemic grandisol per se was strongly attractive for both males and females, while (-)-(R)-terpinen-4-ol was not. Further, when adding (-)-(R)-terpinen-4-ol to rac-grandisol, a synergistic effect was observed as the trap catch of P. punctifrons was fourfold. (-)-(R)-Terpinen-4-ol by its own did not attract P. punctifrons but Polygraphus poligraphus, and the latter was also attrac...Continue Reading

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Jul 7, 2005·The New Phytologist·Vincent R FranceschiTrygve Krekling
Aug 24, 2010·Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology·Gary J BlomquistClaus Tittiger
Oct 16, 2015·Zeitschrift Für Naturforschung. C, a Journal of Biosciences·Rizan RahmaniMartin Schroeder

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