
doi: 10.1603/ec11248
pmid: 22420269
Root weevils in the genus Otiorhynchus are cited as one of the most important pests in the major nursery and small fruit production areas throughout the United States, western Canada, and northern Europe. A major problem in combating weevil attack is monitoring and timing of control measures. Because of the night-activity of the adult weevils growers do not observe the emerging weevils in a timely manner and oviposition often starts before effective control measures are taken. Several vine weevil electroantennogram-active plant volatiles were identified from a preferred host plant, Euonymus fortunei. Main compounds evoking antennal responses on the weevils' antennae were (Z)-2-pentenol, (E)-2-hexenol, (Z)-3-hexenol, methyl benzoate, linalool, (E)-4,8-dimethyl-1,3,7-nonatriene, methyl eugenol, and (E, E)-alpha-farnesene. Several of these compounds were tested alone and in mixtures on attractiveness for the vine weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus (F.) in field-grown strawberry in Oregon. O. sulcatus were attracted to (Z)-2-pentenol (approximately 3 x more than control) and a 1:1 ratio mixture of (Z)-2-pentenol and methyl eugenol (4.5 x more than control). This is the first report of field-active attractants for O. sulcatus which holds promise for the development of new monitoring strategies for growers in the near future.
coleoptera, Carboxylic Acids, plant volatiles, fruit-fly, Fragaria, Insect Control, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Pheromones, pheromone, Oregon, curculionidae, Animals, Volatile Organic Compounds, Behavior, Animal, Terpenes, Euonymus, Smell, varieties, host plants, Weevils, strawberry, Fatty Alcohols, olfactory antennal responses, oviposition
coleoptera, Carboxylic Acids, plant volatiles, fruit-fly, Fragaria, Insect Control, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Pheromones, pheromone, Oregon, curculionidae, Animals, Volatile Organic Compounds, Behavior, Animal, Terpenes, Euonymus, Smell, varieties, host plants, Weevils, strawberry, Fatty Alcohols, olfactory antennal responses, oviposition
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