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Electrophysiological Responses of Female and Male Hypsipyla grandella (Zeller) to Swietenia macrophylla Essential Oils.
- Source :
- Journal of Chemical Ecology; Sep2003, Vol. 29 Issue 9, p2143-2151, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- The mahogany shoot borer, Hypsipyla grandella, is one of the most economically important Neotropical forest pest insects because it attacks valuable timber of the Meliaceae. Despite detailed information on the life cycle of H. grandella, factors influencing attack by the shoot borer are not well known. Electroantannogram studies of borer antennae indicate that both female and male moths elicited significant antennal responses to essential oil of the terminal shoots, mature and senescent leaves, in three concentrations, Himachalene, germacrene D, germacrene A, cadina-l,4-diene, hexadecanoic acid, and ethyl hexadecanoate appeared in all essential oils from Swietenia macrophylla. Germacrene-D and γ-himachalane were also present in the active essential oil of Cedrela odorata and Toona ciliata. These findings suggest that these compounds play a role in attracting H. grandella to oviposit on the leaves of these plants. The GC-EAD of essential oil from S. macrophylla mature leaves to female H. grandella antennae led to the identification of β-caryophyllene as the main constituent responsible for the antennae response. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HONDURAS mahogany
ESSENTIAL oils
VEGETABLE oils
TERPENES
MELIACEAE
MAHOGANY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00980331
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Chemical Ecology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10788649
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1025694720727