RESPONSE OF PHLOEOTRIBUS-SCARABAEOIDES (COLEOPTERA, SCOLYTIDAE) TO ETHYLENE IN AN OLFACTOMETER

Authors
CAMPOS M PENA A
Citation
M. Campos et A. Pena, RESPONSE OF PHLOEOTRIBUS-SCARABAEOIDES (COLEOPTERA, SCOLYTIDAE) TO ETHYLENE IN AN OLFACTOMETER, Experientia, 51(1), 1995, pp. 77-79
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Experientia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00144754
Volume
51
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
77 - 79
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-4754(1995)51:1<77:ROP(ST>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The role of ethylene, pure or in formulation, in the colonization beha viour of the olive bark beetle, Phloeotribus scarabaeoides (Coleoptera , Scolytidae) has been investigated in the laboratory. Ethylene has be en found to be attractive in both sexes; the formulation ethrel 48 was active in an olfactometer up to several months. Ethylene, whose conce ntration varies with the developmental stage or the condition of the t ree or its wood, may play an important role in the primary attraction of these scolytids to their host.