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Allelopathic potential of Cistus ladanifer chemicals in response to variations of light and temperature 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Natividad Chaves Lobón Juan Carlos Alias Gallego Teresa Sosa Diaz José Carlos Escudero Garcia 《Chemoecology》2002,12(3):139-145
Summary. Earlier studies have demonstrated the allelopathic potential of the exudate of Cistus ladanifer leaves, and have identified the compounds responsible for the effect. It is here shown that the effect of each of these compounds
and their interactions on germination and seedling development varies depending on the light and temperature parameters to
which they are subjected. The allelochemicals show a fairly heterogeneous response when studied separately, there being no
general pattern to the behaviour. When they act conjointly, however, their activity is enhanced by high temperatures, and
the greatest phytotoxicity in inhibiting both germination and seedling development is attained with high temperatures and
long photoperiods. These results suggest that the environmental factors temperature and photoperiod may alter the allelopathic
effect of Cistus ladanifer.
Received 5 December 2001; accepted 11 March 2002. 相似文献
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Summary. Phytotoxic activity of single and combined application of water soluble and volatile compounds of Cistus ladanifer on germination and early root growth of subterranean clover was investigated. Total germination, lag and speed of germination
were both inhibited and stimulated, with the activity of volatiles on total germination depending upon the presence of water
solubles. Antagonism between water solubles and volatiles was always found, resulting in a reduction of inhibition or a shift
from inhibition to stimulation. It is suggested that the simultaneous presence of water solubles and volatiles might result
in changes of the chemical nature of metabolites released by C. ladanifer. Early root growth was always inhibited but only by water solubles, and no interaction was found. The ecological implications
of these results are discussed in terms of the exhaustion of competitors seedbanks by a two-step process in which germination
is less inhibited or even stimulated by water solubles and volatiles, followed by a stronger and volatiles-independent inhibition
of early root growth.
Received 13 June 2001; accepted 13 Dezember 2001. 相似文献
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Summary. The capacity of benzoxazolinone metabolization of dicotyledonous species characteristic for the former vegetation classes
Secalietea (grain field weed communities) and Chenopodietea (hoed vegetable communities) was estimated by the production of
BOA-6-OH, BOA-6-β-O-glucoside, and BOA-N-glucoside. Except for Urtica urens, Galinsoga ciliata, and Polygonum aviculare (Chenopodietea), all species tested were able to synthesize BOA-6-OH, its glucoside, and BOA-N-glucoside, but effectiveness
of BOA metabolism differed highly depending on species and plant organ. There was no correlation between bacterial phenoxazinone
production and appearance of metabolites in the plants. Bioassays demonstrated that N-glucosylation is more efficient in BOA
detoxification than O-glucosylation. The intermediate BOA-6-OH, however, is more harmful than BOA itself. It is therefore
assumed that the ability to synthesize BOA-N-glucoside reduces the sensitivity to BOA strikingly. Since the detoxification
capacity did not correlate with the taxonomic position, the affiliation of the species tested with the corresponding plant
communities was taken into consideration. Evidently, the ecobiochemical potential of species to detoxify benzoxazolinone,
regarded as an essential secondary compound in rye and wheat fields, reflects their occurrence in those plant associations.
The ability to cope with the compound could be the result of co-evolutionary processes and presents a hidden aspect of allelopathic
interaction.
Received 4 January 1999; accepted 14 June 1999. 相似文献
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Karen M. Kester Steven C. Peterson Frank Hanson D. Michael Jackson R. F. Severson 《Chemoecology》2002,12(1):1-10
Summary. Field observations indicated that hornworms select feeding sites non-randomly on tobacco. We tested the hypotheses that differences
in feeding site locations of larvae of Manduca
sexta L. and Manduca
quinquemaculata (Haworth) (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) on tobacco could be explained by differential nicotine concentrations within plants and
leaves, species-specific responses to nicotine, or pressure exerted by natural enemies. Results showed that third-instar larvae
of M. sexta fed more proximally and centrally on the leaf, whereas M. quinquemaculata fed more distally. Within-plant selection of leaves did not differ; both species selected leaves in the middle region of
the plant. Nicotine concentrations in a high nicotine genotype, NC95, varied within each leaf, increasing 2—3 fold from the
basal to apical portion of the leaf, and within each plant, increasing 7—10 fold from the first fully expanded leaf to the
twelfth (lowest) leaf. In laboratory bioassays, both Manduca species responded to nicotine as a feeding deterrent. Electrophysiological studies demonstrated that gustatory organs of
both species responded to nicotine at concentrations found in tobacco leaves and that M. quinquemaculata generally showed a less vigorous response to nicotine than M. sexta. Field mortality of M. sexta due to parasitism by Cotesia
congregata (Say) and to parasitism and predation combined differed among feeding sites; predation alone did not. Results suggest that
although nicotine concentration and species specific responses to nicotine play a role in determining feeding site locations,
pressure exerted by natural enemies, especially parasitism by C. congregata, is more important.
Received 22 February 2000; accepted 20 July 2001. 相似文献
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Summary. Many secondary plant compounds are involved in defense against both insect herbivores and pathogens. Two secondary plant
compounds of Plantago lanceolata, the iridoid glycosides catalpol and its precursor aucubin, are well known for their deterrent effects on generalist and
non-adapted specialist insect herbivores. We tested the effects of these compounds on the in-vitro growth of a specialist
and generalist fungal pathogen of this host species. Two chemical forms of these iridoids were tested. The glycosides and
their aglycones, the products of enzymatic conversion by specific $/Beta$-glucosidase enzymes. The glycosides enhanced growth
of both the specialist fungus Diaporthe adunca and the generalist fungus Fusarium moniliforme var. subglutinans. The positive effect of these glycosides on the generalist fungus is in sharp contrast with the generally negative effects
of these glysosides on generalist insect herbivores. The aglycones of aucubin and catalpol reduced the growth of the specialist
fungus D. adunca, but, contrary to expectation, enhanced the growth of the generalist fungus F. moniliforme var. subglutinans. Effects of aucubin on D. adunca were stronger than effects of catalpol. This was true both for the growth stimulating effects of the glycosides and for the
fungitoxic effects of the aglycones. We therefore expect that the effects of these iridoids in P. lanceolata on the specialist fungus will strongly depend on the ratio between catalpol and its precursor aucubin and the chemical form
(glycoside or aglycone) in which these compounds are encountered by the fungus during growth. Our results suggest that iridoid
glycosides in P. lanceolata can be used as defense against both herbivores and pathogens, but that their effects are highly specific with respect to
the natural enemy species that is encountered.
Received 11 April 2002; accepted 9 August 2002 相似文献
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Summary. Sequestration of plant toxins in herbivores is often
correlated with aposematic coloration and gregarious behaviour. Larvae
of Pieris brassicae show these conspicuous morphological and behavioural
characteristics and were thus suggested to sequester glucosinolates that
are characteristic secondary metabolites of their host plants. P. rapaeare camouflaged and solitary, and are thus not expected to sequester. To
test this hypothesis and to check the repeatabi-lity of a study that did
report the presence of the glucosinolate sinigrin in P. brassicae,
larvae were reared on three species of Brassicaceae (Sinapis alba,
Brassica nigra and Barbarea stricta), and different leaf and insect
samples were taken for glucosinolate analysis. The major host plant
glucosinolates could only be found in traces or not at all in larval
haemolymph, bled or starved larvae, faeces or pupae of both species or
P. brassicae regurgitant. Haemolymph of both Pieris spp. was not
rejected by the ant Myrmica rubra in dual-choice assays; the regurgitant
of P. brassicae was rejected. This suggests the presence of compounds
other than glucosinolates that might be sequestered in or produced by P.
brassicae only. In faeces of both Pieris spp. a compound which yielded
4-hydroxybenzylcyanide (HBC) upon incubation with sulfatase was detected
in high concentrations when larvae had been reared on S. alba. This
compound may be derived from hydrolysis of sinalbin, the main
glucosinolate of that plant. The unidentified HBC progenitor was
apparently not sequestered in the two Pieris spp., and was not detected
in faeces of larvae reared on B. nigra or B. stricta.
Received 18 July 2002; accepted 11 September 2002. 相似文献
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Summary. Africanized honey bees (AHBs) of Brazil and Mexico have proven to be tolerant to Varroa destructor mites. In contrast, European honey bees (EHBs: Apis mellifera carnica) at the same tropical study site are highly intolerant to these ectoparasites. A lower attractiveness of Varroa-tolerant AHB larvae has been hypothesised to be an important trait in reducing the susceptibitlity of AHBs to these mites.
Thus, selection for EHB brood that is less attractive to mites is thought to be one possibility for limiting mite population
growth and thus increase the tolerance of EHBs to the mite.?In Ribeir?o Preto, Brazil, European A. m. carnica bees and AHBs were tested with respect to their rate of brood infestation and brood attractiveness to Varroa mites. For the comparison of brood infestation rates, we introduced combs with pieces of EHB and AHB brood into honey bee
colonies (18 repetitions). The relative infestation rate of EHB brood was significantly higher compared to AHB brood.?The
preference behaviour of single Varroa mites was tested in a laboratory bioassay where either living host stages were offered or host extracts were presented on
dummies. By these tests we could confirm the preference of Varroa females for certain developmental host stages and for their corresponding extracts. In contrast to the within-colony results,
Varroa mites in the laboratory bioassay showed a slight preference for AHB compared to EHB larvae.?The gas chromatographic analysis
revealed differences in the chemical spectrum of extracts obtained from different larvae. In accord with the results of the
bioassays, we could detect stage-specific odour differences in larval cuticular compounds, including methyl esters and hydrocarbons
that have been described as kairomones. None of these substances, however, revealed significant race-specific differences.
Therefore, the quantity and composition of certain cuticular compounds seem to be responsible only for the recognition of
a suitable host stage by Varroa females. The different infestation rates in the colonies, however, seem to be caused neither by race-specific differences
in attractiveness of bee larvae nor by an extended attractive period of EHB larvae: both AHB and EHB larvae become attractive
approximately 21 h before capping of the brood cell, and thus have the same window of time when they can be parasitised.?Therefore
differential Varroa-infestation rates are not related to larval attraction but probably are determined by other race-specific and colony-related
factors.
Received 11 June 2001; accepted 19 November 2001. 相似文献
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Summary. We tested the hypothesis that aggregation behaviour of the
firebrat, Thermobia domestica (Packard) (Thysanura: Lepismatidae), an
inhabitant of enclosed microhabitats, is mediated, at least in part, by
a pheromone. Individual insects were released into the central chamber
of a 3-chambered olfactometer and test stimuli were placed in lateral
chambers. Paper discs previously exposed for 3 days to 10 female, male,
or juvenile T. domestica were all preferred by female, male, or juvenile
T. domestica over unexposed paper discs, indicating the presence of an
aggregation/arrestment pheromone. In additional experiments, frass and
scales from female T. domestica, tested singly and in combination,
proved not to be the source of the pheromone. Physical contact was
required for pheromone recognition, indicating that the pheromone
arrests rather than attracts conspecifics. Arrestment by the
long-tailed silverfish, Ctenolepisma longicaudata Escherich
(Thysanura: Lepismatidae), but not by the common silverfish, Lepisma
saccharina L. (Thysanura: Lepismatidae), to T. domestica exposed
paper discs suggests closer phylogenetic relatedness between C.
longicaudata and T. domestica, than between C.
longicaudata and L. saccharina. Whether C.
longicaudata or L. saccharina produce an aggregation
signal, and whether T. domestica respond to this signal is unknown.
Received 10 June 2002; accepted 30 September 2002. 相似文献
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Thomas Eisner Daniel J. Aneshansley Jayne Yack Athula B. Attygalle Maria Eisner 《Chemoecology》2001,11(4):209-219
Summary. The defensive glandular apparatus of primitive bombardier beetles of the tribe Crepidogastrini (Carabidae) is described for
the first time. As exemplified by two African species (Crepidogaster ambreana and C. atrata), the apparatus conforms to the basic bombardier plan, in that the glands are bicompartmented and the secretion is quinonoid
(it contains 1,4-benzoquinones and hydrocarbons), hot, and discharged audibly. In a number of morphological respects the crepidogastrine
apparatus resembles that of the classical bombardiers of the tribe Brachinini (rather than that of bombardiers of the paussoid
lineage), reinforcing the view, already held on taxonomic grounds, that the Crepidogastrini and Brachinini are closely related.
That the Crepidogastrini may be primitive relative to Brachinini is underscored by the finding that, unlike brachinines, crepidogastrines
do not pulse their secretory emissions. Moreover, they discharge their secretion as a mist, rather than forcibly in the form
of jets.
Received 22 May 2001; accepted 29 May 2001. 相似文献
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Summary. Sensitivities to methyl eugenol of three sibling species in the Bactrocera dorsalis complex were compared. The degree of species sensitivity to methyl eugenol, i.e. B. dorsalis > B. papayae > B. carambolae (in decreasing order), was concomitant with the species age-related response to methyl eugenol as previously reported. The
ability to consume methyl eugenol by the three sibling species showed similar trend - the average ME consumption per male
was 0.70 ml for B. dorsalis, 0.58 ml B. papayae and 0.18 μl B. carambolae. Results obtained were discussed in relation to area-wide control of fruit fly.
Received 21 April 2002; accepted 9 July 2002 相似文献
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Rupert L. L. Kellner 《Chemoecology》2002,12(3):133-138
Summary. Endosymbiotic bacteria implicated in pederin production of Paederus (+)-females (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) can be transmitted horizontally within and less frequently among the three species
analyzed (P. melanurus, P. riparius, P. sabaeus). The 16S rDNA isolated from (+)-females reveals closely related bacterial sequences in the three species as well as in Paederus fuscipes and Paederidus ruficollis. This confirms the association of the undescribed endosymbiont and pederin biosynthesis in 5 of the 13 species that have
been shown to contain the substance. In spite of the high sequence identities (> 99.5%), which suggest one species of endosymbiont,
some of the heterospecific hosts were incompatible. This indicates adaptation and specific preferences of the endosymbiont
for their natural host.
Received 5 December 2001; accepted 11 March 2002. 相似文献
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Summary. The aim of this work was to investigate whether or not the predominant aggressive behaviour in spiders is stereotypic and
whether there is a relation with cuticular chemicals. We compared the intraspecific behaviour of adult females of Tegenaria atrica reared in isolation and grouped. Some plasticity emerges from environmental conditions and allows spiders to tolerate each
other. This switch of behaviour, in favour of “acceptance behaviour” vs. “attack”, is promoted by an increase in food resources.
Learning during ontogenesis and changes in cuticular lipids could prolong it. A pattern of 6 compounds distinguishes grouped
from solitary spiders. We hypothesize that a similar evolution could in part explain the emergence of certain communal species
of spiders.
Received 6 March 2001; accepted 22 June 2001. 相似文献
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Preferences of six leaf beetle species among qualitatively different leaf age classes of three Salicaceous host species 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Arsi Ikonen 《Chemoecology》2002,12(1):23-28
Summary. As Salicaceous plants produce new leaves for a prolonged period of time, they expose a wide range of differentially aged
leaves to herbivores during the growing season. In this work, I show that young leaves of three Salicaceous species, Populus tremula L., Salix phylicifolia L. and S. pentandra L., contain more nitrogen than conspecific old leaves. In P. tremula and S. pentandra young leaves also contained more low-molecular weight secondary compounds, phenolic glucosides. Leaves of S. phylicifolia did not contain phenolic glucosides in detectable amounts. Furthermore, in P. tremula and S. pentandra young leaves contained less polymeric digestability-reducing phenolics, condensed tannins, than old leaves. In S. phylicifolia, higher concentrations of condensed tannins were found in young leaves. In laboratory feeding trials with six leaf beetle
species, young leaves of the studied plants were invariably preferred in all tested herbivore × host species combinations.
In particular, it is remarkable that three leaf beetle species with known different overall relationships to phenolic glucosides
equally preferred more glucoside-containing young S. pentandra leaves over conspecific old ones. Four beetle species were found to prefer young leaves of S. phylicifolia despite the higher content of condensed tannins in young leaves. These results indicate that the general preference of leaf
beetles for young leaves of Salicaceous plants probably does not primarily result from variable distribution of secondary
compounds. Apparently, the preference for young leaves is fundamentally due to variation in leaf nutritive traits, such as
nitrogen content.
Received 9 February 2001. 相似文献
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Summary.
Metrius contractus, a primitive paussoid bombardier beetle, emits its defensive quinonoid froth with accompanying sound (a faint “hiss”), but
the sound is not pulsed, indicating that the secretory emission itself is not pulsed. Pulsed secretory delivery in bombardier
beetles appears to occur in Brachinini only.
Received 8 July 2001; accepted 23 July 2001. 相似文献
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Effects of hydrolysable tannins on a herbivorous insect: fate of individual tannins in insect digestive tract 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Summary. We investigated the effects of four chemically characterised galloylglucoses (GGs, a subgroup of hydrolysable tannins) and
their hydrolysis product, gallic acid (GA), on consumption and performance of larvae of the autumnal moth Epirrita autumnata. Larvae were fed with birch (Betula pubescens) leaves that had been painted individually with each of the compounds at two levels, 5 and 20 mg/g. In addition, we investigated
the fates of the leaf-painted GGs and GA in the E. autumnata digestive tract by comparing phenolics in leaves consumed and in faeces. In general, GGs reduced leaf consumption by E. autumnata during the second and fourth instars, although there was high compound- and instar-specific variation. However, GGs did not
affect the leaf consumption rates by the most voracious fifth instar larvae. This resulted in approximately the same loss
of total biomass by the experimental tree, regardless of the nature and level of GGs enriched to its foliage. The characteristic
fate of hydrolysable tannins, i.e. hydrolysis, was evidenced in the larval digestive tract for three of the four leaf-painted
GGs. In addition to hydrolysis, the almost total absence of GGs in larval faeces was presumably related to the oxidation of
GGs. The dose-dependent excretion percentage of ingested GA showed that it's faecal content should not be used, although it
commonly is, to calculate the level of GG hydrolysis. Moreover, by comparing the non-uniform appearance of faecal tetragalloylglucoses,
whether ingested as such or hydrolysed from pentagalloylglucose, we concluded that a major part of oxidation of GGs occurs
before their hydrolysis in the digestive tract of E. autumnata. Criticism against the common use of tannic acid, a heterogeneous mixture of GA and GGs, in ecological studies is presented.
Received 15 May 2002; accepted 16 July 2002 相似文献
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Summary. We investigated the hypothesis that aggregation signals produced by male webbing clothes moths (WCM), Tineola bisselliella (Hum.) (Lepidoptera: Tineidae), and close-range male attractant signals produced by females have a pheromonal basis, at least
in part. Gas chromatographic-electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) and GC-mass spectrometric analyses of bioactive methanolic
extracts of male WCM disclosed three candidate pheromone components: hexadecanoic acid methyl ester (16:Ester), (Z)-9-hexadecenoic acid methyl ester (Z9—16:Ester), and octadecanoic acid methyl ester (18:Ester). In bioassay experiments in a large Plexiglas™ arena, a blend of
synthetic 16:Ester plus Z9—16:Ester was attractive to male and virgin (but not mated) female WCM; the 18:Ester was inactive.
GC-EAD analyses of pheromone gland extracts from female WCM revealed (E,Z)-2,13-octadecadienal (E2Z13—18:Ald) and (E,Z)-2,13-octadecadienol (E2Z13—18:OH) as candidate sex pheromone components. In arena bioassay experiments, 1—5 female equivalents of synthetic E2Z13—18:Ald (0.2 ng) and E2Z13—18:OH (0.1 ng) were more attractive to male WCM than were two virgin female WCM. We anticipate that the combination of
aggregation and sex pheromones, male-produced sonic aggregation signals, and habitat-derived semiochemicals will be highly
effective in attracting male and female WCM to commercial traps.
Received 12 January 2001; accepted 8 June 2001. 相似文献
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Marc Slattery 《Chemoecology》1999,9(3):97-104
Summary. Fungal pathogenesis of the sea fan Gorgonia ventalina has developed on the Belize barrier reef during 1997 and 1998. The disease incidence (= percent of infected sea fans) remained
unchanged at two sites along the barrier reef crest between years. However, the incidence increased significantly at an offshore
atoll during that time, as did the virulence (= percent tissue loss). Grazing by the gorgonian specialist mollusc Cyphoma gibbosum increased on infected sea fans. Sea fan responses to fungal infection included significant decreases in a furano-germacrene
compound with antifeedant activity and significant increases in the concentration of sclerites at the site of infection. Feeding
assays utilizing C. gibbosum and a natural assemblage of reef fishes indicated sclerites are an effective deterrent, to both consumers, at both pre- and
post-infected concentrations. In contrast, the compound was only deterrent to the fish, and only at concentrations found in
pre-infected sea fans. These data indicate that sea fan pathogenesis can directly and indirectly affect population health
via virulent tissue necrosis and pathogen-mediated reductions in grazer resistance, respectively.
Received 4 November 1998; accepted 5 April 1999. 相似文献
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Corina Oldenburg Sudha Kanaujia Dieter Spiteller Neil J. Oldham Wilhelm Boland Karl-Ernst Kaissling 《Chemoecology》2001,11(4):183-190
Summary. Benzoic acid is a known stimulant of olfactory receptor cells in trichoid sensilla on the antennae of adult females of Bombyx mori. Exposure of freshly excised antennae, from B. mori females and males, to vapours of [14C]-benzoic acid revealed that the adsorbed acid is rapidly metabolized (15% conversion in 10 s), suggesting the presence of
a highly active enzymatic system. The major product could be identified as N-benzoylserine by use of [2H5]-benzoic acid, and mass spectrometry linked to a gas chromatograph (GC-MS) or a liquid chromatograph (LC-MS), for analysis
of the metabolites. The conjugation of benzoic acid with an amino acid apparently represents a novel mode for the rapid deactivation
of odorant molecules.
Received 26 March 2001. 相似文献
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Susanna Andersson 《Chemoecology》2003,13(1):13-20
Summary. To better understand the biological role of floral scents for
butterflies, electrophysiological responses to floral scents were
investigated using combined gas chromatography and electroantennographic
detection (GC-EAD). The antennal responses of three butterfly species,
Aglais urticae L. (Nymphalidae), Inachis io L. (Nymphalidae), and
Gonepteryx rhamni L. (Pieridae) to floral scent compounds from both
natural and synthetic mixtures were examined. Floral scents were
collected from the butterfly nectar plants Cirsium arvense (L.)
(Asteraceae), and Buddleja davidii Franchet cv. (Loganicaeae) with
dynamic head-space methods on Tenax-GR and eluted with pentane. These
eluates, composed of natural floral scent blends, represent an array of
compounds in their natural state. In the GC-EAD analyses eleven
compounds were identified from C. arvense with the benzenoid compound
phenylacetaldehyde in highest abundance. Seventeen compounds were
identified from B. davidii with the irregular terpene oxoisophorone in
highest abundance. Thirty-nine synthetic floral scent compounds were
mixed in pentane, in equal amounts; about 35 ng were allowed to reach
the antennae. The butterflies showed antennal responses to most of the
floral scent compounds from both natural and synthetic blends except to
the highly volatile monoterpene alkenes. Certain benzenoid compounds
such as phenylacetaldehyde, monoterpenes such as linalool, and irregular
terpenes such as oxoisophorone, were emitted in relatively large amounts
from C. arvense and B. davidii, and elicited the strongest antennal
responses. These compounds also elicited strong antennal responses when
present in the synthetic scent blends. Thus, the butterflies seem to
have many and /or sensitive antennal receptors for these compounds,
which points to their biological importance. Moreover, these compounds
are exclusively of floral scent origin. For B. davidii, which depends
highly on butterflies for pollination, the exclusive floral scent
compounds emitted in high abundance could be the result of an adaptive
pressure to attract butterflies.
Received 2 Septemter 2001; accepted 9 September 2002. 相似文献