ISSN:
1573-1561
Keywords:
Ostrinia nubilalis
;
Lepidoptera
;
Pyralidae
;
European corn borer
;
(E)- and (Z)-11-tetradecen-1-ol acetate
;
pheromone analogs
;
insect behavior
;
sex pheromone
;
inhibition
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract The male sexual behavior-stimulating and inhibiting properties of a series of analogs of the European corn borer sex pheromone were determined in a flight tunnel. The structural requirements for inhibition of pheromonal response were far less restrictive than those for elicitation of that response. Analogs that by themselves elicited upwind flight response from males at a low dose were generally less inhibitory to male response than many of the analogs that had no pheromonal activity. These findings suggest that many pheromone analogs bind to pheromone receptors without provoking behavioral response and possibly undergo slower degradation on the antenna than pheromonally active compounds. The disparity of response to analogs by two pheromonal types of the European corn borer indicates that the pheromone receptor and pheromone catabolic systems are biochemically very different in the two types.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01014092
