eprintid: 6406
rev_number: 16
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datestamp: 2013-01-10 11:01:20
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type: article
metadata_visibility: show
contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG
creators_name: Ward, A
creators_name: Moore, C
creators_name: Anitha, V
creators_name: Wightman, J
creators_name: John Roge, D
icrisatcreators_name: Anitha, V
affiliation: Farming Systems Institute(Kingaroy)
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
affiliation: International Pest Management(Maleny)
affiliation: Department of Primary Industries(Indooroopilly)
country: Australia
country: India
title: Identification of the Sex Pheromone of Holotrichia reynaudi
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.7
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae, Holotrichia reynaudi, anisole, indole, phenol, pheromone
abstract: The male attractant pheromone of the scarab beetle Holotrichia reynaudi, an agricultural pest native to southern India, was extracted from abdominal glands of females with hexane and analyzed by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. Field testing of the candidate chemicals, indole, phenol, and anisole, both alone and as binary mixtures, led us to conclude that anisole was the major component of the sex pheromone. Neither male nor female beetles were attracted to indole or phenol on their own. Similarly, when indole and anisole were combined, the attractiveness of the solution did not increase over that obtained with anisole alone. However, combination of phenol and anisole did alter the attractiveness of anisole, with fewer male beetles attracted to the binary mixture than to anisole on its own. The behavior of female beetles was not altered by any of the chemicals tested. Anisole is also the sex pheromone of H. consanguinea, making this the first known example of two melolonthine scarabs sharing the same pheromone
date: 2002
date_type: published
publication: Journal of Chemical Ecology
volume: 28
number: 3
publisher: Kluwer Academic
pagerange: 515-522
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0098-0331
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10705-007-9141-3
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citation:   Ward, A and Moore, C and Anitha, V and Wightman, J and John Roge, D  (2002) Identification of the Sex Pheromone of Holotrichia reynaudi.  Journal of Chemical Ecology, 28 (3).  pp. 515-522.  ISSN 0098-0331     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/6406/1/JournalofChemicalEcology_28_3_515-522_2002.pdf