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Pheromone variation among eastern European and a western Asian population of the turnip moth Agrotis segetum
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- Hansson, Bill S. (author)
- Lund University
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- Tóth, Miklós (author)
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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- Löfstedt, Christer (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Funktionell zoologi,Biologiska institutionen,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Functional zoology,Department of Biology,Faculty of Science
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- Szöcs, Gábor (author)
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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- Subchev, Mitko (author)
- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
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- Löfqvist, Jan (author)
- Lund University
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- 1990
- 1990
- English 12 s.
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In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. - 0098-0331. ; 16:5, s. 1611-1622
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Abstract
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- The female sex pheromone composition and the male electro-physiological response with respect to the three main sex pheromone components, (Z)-5-decenyl acetate, (Z)-7-dodecenyl acetate, and (Z)-9-tetradecenyl acetate, were investigated in populations of Agrotis segetum from Armenia and Bulgaria. The percentage composition of the female-produced pheromone was 1:52:47 and 1:42:57 for the respective populations. Corresponding male receptor frequencies were 9:90:1 and 6:92:2. EAG response profiles of the male antennae were similar for the two populations. The populations from Armenia and Bulgaria differed from the earlier investigated French and Swedish populations, which have larger amounts of (Z)-5-decenyl acetate in gland extracts and have a majority of (Z)-5-decenyl acetate-sensitive receptors. Investigation of receptor frequencies on antennae of male Hungarian moths showed that individuals could be classified as either Swedish or Armenian/Bulgarian type. Males of the Swedish type were preferentially attracted to the three-component pheromone blend, whereas blends of (Z)-7-dodecenyl and (Z)-9-tetradecenyl acetate, and (Z)-7-dodecenol [pure or in mixture with (Z)-5-decenol] attracted the Armenian/Bulgarian type. The nature of pheromone variation among European and Asian populations of the turnip moth and possible mechanisms maintaining the variation are discussed.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Evolutionsbiologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Evolutionary Biology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- (Z)-5-decenyl acetate
- (Z)-7-dodecenyl acetate
- (Z)-9-tetradecenyl acetate
- Agrotis segetum
- field trapping
- gas chromatography
- Lepidoptera
- Noctuidae
- olfactory receptors
- population variation
- Sex pheromone
- single sensillum response
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- art (subject category)
- ref (subject category)
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