Field Response of Rhynchophorus cruentatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to Its Aggregation Pheromone and Fermenting Plant Volatiles

Giblin-davis, Robin M.; Weissling, Thomas J.; Oehlschlager, A. C.; González, L. M.

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“…); coconut palm, Cocos nucifera L.; and cabbage palmetto, Sabal palmetto (Walter), also elicited antennal responses by Rhynchophorus weevils (Gries et al, unpublished). However, kairomonal synergism of ethyl butyrate in WISW; ethyl acetate in R. cruentatus (Giblin-Davis et al, 1994b), R. palmarum (Jaffe et al, 1993), and WISW; and ethyl propionate in R. phoenicis (Gries et al, 1994) and WISW did not approximate synergistic activity of host plant activity. Attraction of sugarcane tissue (in the presence of 2 and 4) can be enhanced further by addition of ethyl acetate (Giblin-Davis et al, 1996).…”

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“…Experiments with 7-10 replicates each employed pitfall traps (Giblin-Davis et al, 1994b) or Dipel traps set up in complete randomized blocks with treatments and blocks 20 m apart. Pitfall traps used in pheromone experiments contained 2-3 cm of soapy (3% by weight of Alkonox) or, equally effective, insecticide-laced (3 g/liter of Sevin 80) water to retain captured weevils.…”

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Aggregation Pheromones and Host Kairomones of West Indian Sugarcane Weevil, Metamasius hemipterus sericeus

Pérez

Campos²,

Chinchilla³

et al. 1997

J Chem Ecol

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Abstract-Coupled gas chromatographic-electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) analyses and coupled GC-mass spectrometry (MS) of volatiles produced by male and female West Indian sugarcane weevils (W1SW), Metamasius hemipterus sericeus (Oliv.), revealed eight male specific, EAD-aclive compounds: 3-pentanol (1), 2-methyl-4-heptanol (2), 2-methyl-4-octanol (3), *To whom correspondence should be addressed. 'Current address: Department of Chemistry, University of Costa Rica, 2060 San Pedro, San Jose, Costa Rica. 4-methyl-5-nonanol (4), and the corresponding ketones. In field experiments in Florida, alcohols 1-4 in combination with sugarcane were most attractive, whereas addition of the ketones or replacement of alcohols with ketones significantly reduced attraction. In Costa Rica field experiments testing alcohols 1-4 singly and in all binary, ternary, and quaternary combinations revealed 4 in combination with 2 was the major aggregation pheromone, equally attracting male and female WISW. Stereoisomeric 4 and (45,5S)-4, the only isomer produced by WISW, were equally attractive. Addition of 4S-, 4R-or (±)-2 to (4S,5S)-4 significantly enhanced attraction. Sugarcane stalks in combination with 2 plus 4 (ratio of 1:8) were highly synergistic, whereas EAD-active sugarcane volatiles ethyl acetate, ethyl propionate, or ethyl butyrate only moderately increased attractiveness of the pheromone lure.

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Aggregation Pheromones and Host Kairomones of West Indian Sugarcane Weevil, Metamasius hemipterus sericeus

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Campos²,

Chinchilla³

et al. 1997

J Chem Ecol

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“…Fermented sap exuding from dead or wounded palms was highly attractive to R. cruentatus (Giblin-Davis et al, 1996a). Moist fermenting tissue from various palm species, fruits, sugarcane, pineapple and molasses are similarly attractive to palm weevils (Giblin-Davis et al, 1994b). In olfactometer bioassays, kairomones triggered the primary attraction of African palm weevils, R. palmarum, to oil palm.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Male and females of the plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst) are similarly attracted to host odour (Prokopy et al, 1995). Several studies have demonstrated the attractiveness of pseudostem and sugarcane stalk odours to palm weevils in the field (Giblin-Davis et al, 1994b). Mixtures of odorants synergistically attracted the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica (Tumlinson et al, 1977) and bark beetles (Byers, 1992).…”

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Use of infochemicals in Pest Management with Special Reference to the Banana Weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Tinzaara

Dicke

Huis

et al. 2002

Int. J. Trop. Insect Sci.

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Abstract-Infochemicals play an important role in the biology of many insect species. An understanding of their role in plant-herbivore-carnivore interactions can be used in the development of tools for the enhancement of environmentally benign alternatives to synthetic pesticides. This review discusses how chemical information mediates ecological interactions between organisms and the role of infochemicals in integrated pest management. Infochemicals can be used in pest monitoring and in pest control, through mating disruption, mass trapping and to aggregate herbivores at delivery sites for biological control agents. Particular emphasis is placed on the potential of using pheromones and kairomones in the management of the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a pest in plantations of East African highland banana and plantain in most banana-growing regions of the world. Cosmopolites sordidus produces an aggregation pheromone that attracts both males and females. This pheromone has been identified and synthesised and is being recommended as an effective agent in the trapping and control of the weevil. The synergism between banana plant extracts (kairomones) and the synthetic pheromone in attracting C. sordidus should be better exploited. Future research areas that can provide information for the development of an infochemical-based trapping system for the management of C. sordidus are discussed.Key Words: infochemicals, kairomones, aggregation pheromone, Coleoptera, banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus, biological control, pathogenic fungi, predators, synergism Résumé-Les sémiochimiques jouent un rôle important dans la biologie de beaucoup d'espèces d'insectes. La compréhension de leurs rôles dans les interactions plante-herbivore-carnivore peutêtre utilisée pour le développement d'outils destinés à améliorer les techniques de luttes alternatives aux pesticides de synthèse. Cet article montre comment l'information chimique agit sur les interactions écologiques entre organismes et, discute du rôle des infochimiques dans la gestion intégrée des ravageurs. Les sémiochimiques peuvent être utilisés pour surveiller et contrôler les ravageurs, à l'aide de la technique de la confusion sexuelle et du piégeage de masse et pour rassembler les ravageurs en un lieu donné pour les agents de lutte biologique. Une attention particulière a été portée au rôle potentiel de l'utilisation des phéromones et des kairomones dans la gestion du charançon du bananier Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), un ravageur 242 W. TINZAARA et al.

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“…Functional and behavioral responses of insects to damaged E. guineensis, i.e., chemical communication, have been reported by different authors (Oehlschlager et al 1993;Rochat et al 2000). Kairomones released during injury of the plant, together pheromones, affect the directional walking and flying in beetles (Giblin-Davis et al 1994;Diagne et al 2006). The emergence from and return to soil by L. femoratus occurred at the beginning and end of the scotophase during 12 h. Under field conditions, L. femoratus is attracted to white light (Pardo-Locarno et al 2006;Vallejo & Morón 2008) and changes between photophase and scotophase could be attributed to temperature changes.…”

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Description of the Immature Stages and Redescription of the Adults of Ancognatha scarabaeoides Erichson (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae), A Member of the Soil White Grub Assemblage in Colombia

Vallejo¹,

Morón²

2008

The Coleopterists Bulletin

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Field Response of Rhynchophorus cruentatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to Its Aggregation Pheromone and Fermenting Plant Volatiles

Cited by 62 publications

References 12 publications

Aggregation Pheromones and Host Kairomones of West Indian Sugarcane Weevil, Metamasius hemipterus sericeus

Aggregation Pheromones and Host Kairomones of West Indian Sugarcane Weevil, Metamasius hemipterus sericeus

Use of infochemicals in Pest Management with Special Reference to the Banana Weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Description of the Immature Stages and Redescription of the Adults of Ancognatha scarabaeoides Erichson (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae), A Member of the Soil White Grub Assemblage in Colombia

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