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Goane L, Carrizo BN, Ruiz MJ, Bachmann GE, Milla FH, Segura DF, Kuzmich D, Walse S, Vera MT. Behavioural and Electrophysiological Response of Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae) to a γ-Lactone Synthetic Semiochemical. Insects 2023; 14:206. [PMID: 36835775 PMCID: PMC9958615 DOI: 10.3390/insects14020206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Attractants are a powerful tool for pest management. The lack of specific attractants for the South American fruit fly, Anastrepha fraterculus, a complex of cryptic species of great economic importance in South America, makes it difficult to monitor the pest in the field. The γ-lactone male sex and aggregation pheromones of several Anastrepha species, naturally released in a 7:3 epianastrephin to anastrephin ratio, and a structurally related naturally occurring γ-lactone ((±)-trans-tetrahydroactinidiolide) with gem-dimethyl groups (dimethyl) at C(4), were evaluated as potential attractants of this species. Different age and mating conditions of A. fraterculus males and females were evaluated during electroantennography (EAG) and field cage experiments in which polymeric lures were deployed to contain 100 mg of attractant. Epianastrephin and dimethyl were EAG+ for all fly conditions, with epianastrephin eliciting the highest response for both sexes and immature flies showing greater responsiveness than mature flies. In the field cage experiments, immature flies were only attracted to leks; virgin females were attracted to leks, dimethyl, and both epianastrephin-anastrephin formulations (95 and 70 wt.% epianastrephin); mature-mated males were attracted to leks, dimethyl and 70 wt.% epianastrephin; and mature-mated females were only attracted to leks. Our bioassays showed a promising performance of the analog dimethyl since it elicited the same response as epianastrephin, requires fewer steps to synthesize, and contains one less chiral center than the natural pheromones. The attraction to leks was recorded for all mating conditions and ages of flies and suggests that air-borne volatiles of calling males contain cues that could act as sensory traps. The addition of any of these compounds in the synthetic attractants may result in a greater attraction and thus deserves further evaluation. Dose-response experiments will provide additional information to move a step forward and validate the results obtained in open-field conditions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lucía Goane
- Facultad de Agronomía, Zootecnia y Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, San Miguel de Tucumán T4000, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires C1425FQB, Argentina
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- Facultad de Agronomía, Zootecnia y Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, San Miguel de Tucumán T4000, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires C1425FQB, Argentina
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- Instituto de Genética “EA Favret”, INTA, GV-IABIMO, CONICET, Partido de Hurlingham B1686, Argentina
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- Instituto de Genética “EA Favret”, INTA, GV-IABIMO, CONICET, Partido de Hurlingham B1686, Argentina
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- Instituto de Genética “EA Favret”, INTA, GV-IABIMO, CONICET, Partido de Hurlingham B1686, Argentina
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- San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Parlier, CA 93648, USA
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- San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Parlier, CA 93648, USA
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- Facultad de Agronomía, Zootecnia y Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, San Miguel de Tucumán T4000, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires C1425FQB, Argentina
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Hausch BJ, Arpaia ML, Kawagoe Z, Walse S, Obenland D. Chemical Characterization of Two California-Grown Avocado Varieties ( Persea americana Mill.) over the Harvest Season with an Emphasis on Sensory-Directed Flavor Analysis. J Agric Food Chem 2020; 68:15301-15310. [PMID: 33307689 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c05917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
The research objective was to characterize avocado's aroma-active volatiles and use information about its overall composition, such as lipid profile, to discuss likely biosynthetic origins. To achieve this, two varieties, "Hass" and "3-29-5" (GEM), were evaluated during their commercial harvest period for dry weight, moisture content (freeze-drying), oil content (Soxhlet extraction), fatty acid composition, and aroma profile. Solvent-assisted flavor evaporation and aroma extract dilution analysis were performed on aroma extracts. Oleic acid (>50%) was the prominent fatty acid in the oil of both varieties. The majority of the aroma-active compounds in avocado are lipid-derived. The most notable compounds are 1-octen-3-one (mushroom) with a flavor dilution factor as high as 8192, hexanal (grassy), (Z)-4-decenal, an unknown, and (E,E)-2,4-nonadienal. Over the mid-to-late harvest season, a decline in hexanal and an increase in octanal were observed. In contrast to "Hass", the hexanal content was relatively stable in "3-29-5".
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Affiliation(s)
- Bethany J Hausch
- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, 9611 South Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, California 93648-9757, United States
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, 9611 South Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, California 93648-9757, United States
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, 9611 South Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, California 93648-9757, United States
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