ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF (3Z,6Z,8E)-3,6,8-DODECATRIEN-1-OL IN RETICULITERMES SANTONENSIS FEYTAUD (ISOPTERA, RHINOTERMITIDAE) - ROLESIN WORKER TRAIL-FOLLOWING AND IN ALATE SEX-ATTRACTION BEHAVIOR

Authors
LADUGUIE N ROBERT A BONNARD O VIEAU F LEQUERE JL SEMON E BORDEREAU C
Citation
N. Laduguie et al., ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF (3Z,6Z,8E)-3,6,8-DODECATRIEN-1-OL IN RETICULITERMES SANTONENSIS FEYTAUD (ISOPTERA, RHINOTERMITIDAE) - ROLESIN WORKER TRAIL-FOLLOWING AND IN ALATE SEX-ATTRACTION BEHAVIOR, Journal of insect physiology, 40(9), 1994, pp. 781-787
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of insect physiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221910
Volume
40
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
781 - 787
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1910(1994)40:9<781:IAIO(I>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
(3Z,6Z,8E)-3,6,8-Dodecatrien-1-ol was isolated and identified by gas c hromatography-mass spectrometry in workers and alates of Reticuliterme s santonensis Feytaud (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae). This unsaturated al cohol is about 10 times more abundant in alates than in workers. Synth etic (3Z,6Z,8E)-3,6,8-dodecatrien-1-ol is highly active in eliciting t rail-following in workers, and the threshold concentration is about 0. 1 pg/cm trail. In alates, it elicits trail-following in both sexes at low concentration and sex attraction in male alates at high concentrat ions. It is suggested that (3Z,6Z,8E)-3,6,8-dodecatrien-1-ol is the ma in component of the trail-following pheromone as well as the sex phero mone in Reticulitermes santonensis.