发明名称 |
A CONTACT SEX PHEROMONE COMPONENT OF THE EMERALD ASH BORER AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS FAIRMAIRE (COLEOPTERA: BUPRESTIDAE) |
摘要 |
<p>The invention disclosed relates to the detection of the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptra: B-prestidae) and in particular to the use of contact sex phenomones therefor. Analyses of the elytral hydrocarbons from male and female emerald ash borer, that were freshly emerged vs. sexually mature ( > 10 days old) revealed a female-specific compound, 9-methyl-pentacosane (9-Me-C25), only present in sexually mature females. This material was synthesized by the Wittig reaction of 2-decanone with (n-hexadecyl)-triphenylphosphonium bromide followed by catalytic reduction to yield racemic 9-Me C25, which matched the natural compound by GC/MS (retention time and EI-mass spectrum). In field bioassays with freeze-killed sexually mature A. planipennis females, feral males spent significantly more time in contact and attempting copulation with unwashed females than with females that had been washed in n-hexane to remove the cuticular hydrocarbons. Hexane-washed females to which 9-Me-C25 had been reapplied elicited similar contact time and percentage of time attempting copulation as unwashed females, indicating that 9-methyl-pentacosane is a contact sex-pheromone component of A. planipennis. This is the first contact sex pheromone identified in the Buprestidae.</p> |
申请公布号 |
CA2689720(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2010.05.21 |
申请号 |
CA20092689720 |
申请日期 |
2009.11.23 |
申请人 |
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA, CANADIAN FOREST SERVICE |
发明人 |
SILK, PETER;SWEENEY, JON;LYONS, BARRY;RYALL, KRISTA |
分类号 |
A01N27/00;A01N25/00;A01P19/00;C07B53/00;C07C5/03 |
主分类号 |
A01N27/00 |
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