Male-produced aggregation pheromone of the american palm weevil,Rhynchophorus palmarum (L.) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae): Collection, identification, electrophysiogical activity, and laboratory bioassay

D Rochat; C Malosse; M Lettere; P H Ducrot; P Zagatti; M Renou; C Descoins

doi:10.1007/BF00987996

Male-produced aggregation pheromone of the american palm weevil,Rhynchophorus palmarum (L.) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae): Collection, identification, electrophysiogical activity, and laboratory bioassay

J Chem Ecol. 1991 Nov;17(11):2127-41. doi: 10.1007/BF00987996.

Authors

D Rochat¹, C Malosse, M Lettere, P H Ducrot, P Zagatti, M Renou, C Descoins

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire des Médiateurs Chimiques, INRA, Domaine de Brouessy, 78114, Magny-les-Hameaux, France.

PMID: 24258594
DOI: 10.1007/BF00987996

Abstract

Male American palm weevils (APWs),Rhynchophorus palmarum (L.) produced two sex-specific compounds, which were disclosed by volatile collections on Supelpak-2 and gas chromatography. One was a minor compound, not always detected. The major male-produced volatile was identified as (2E)-6-methyl-2-hepten-4-ol through coupled gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and gas chromatography-Fourier transform infrared spectrometry, proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry, and rational synthesis. We propose the trivial name rhynchophorol for this new molecule, which proved to be the essential component of the APW aggregation pheromone by electroantennography, coupled gas chromatography-electroantennography and behavioral bioassays.