Southern pine beetle: olfactory receptor and behavior discrimination of enantiomers of the attractant pheromone frontalin [Dendroctonus frontalis]

In laboratory and field bioassays, the response ofDendroctonus frontalis was significantly greater to the mixture of (1S, 5R)-(-)-frontalin andalpha-pinene than to (1R,5S)-(+)-frontalin andalpfa-pinene. Electro-physiological studies revealed that antennal olfactory receptor cells were significantly...

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Published in:Journal of chemical ecology 1982-05, Vol.8 (5), p.873-881
Main Authors: Payne, T L, Richerson, J V, Dickens, J C, West, J R, Mori, K, Berisford, C W, Hedden, R L, Vité, J P, Blum, M S
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Language:English
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Dendroctonus frontalis
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Summary:In laboratory and field bioassays, the response ofDendroctonus frontalis was significantly greater to the mixture of (1S, 5R)-(-)-frontalin andalpha-pinene than to (1R,5S)-(+)-frontalin andalpfa-pinene. Electro-physiological studies revealed that antennal olfactory receptor cells were significantly more responsive to (1S, 5R)-(-)-frontalin than to (1R, 5S)-(+)-frontalin. Both enantiomers stimulated the same olfactory cells which suggests that each cell possesses at least two types of enantiomer-specific acceptors.
ISSN:0098-0331
1573-1561
DOI:10.1007/bf00994788