Effect of relative humidity conditions on responsiveness of European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) males to female sex pheromone in a wind tunnel

1993 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucie Royer ◽  
Jeremy N. McNeil
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Ostrinia Nubilalis ◽  
European Corn Borer ◽  
Female Sex Pheromone ◽  
Corn Borer ◽  
Female Sex

Behavioral and Electrophysiological Activity of the Racemate and Enantiomers of a Monofluorinated Analog of European Corn Borer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Sex Pheromone

1997 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome A. Klun ◽  
James E. Oliver ◽  
Achot P. Khrimian ◽  
Joseph C. Dickens ◽  
William J. E. Potts
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
European Corn Borer ◽  
Field Trapping ◽  
Flight Tunnel ◽  
Female Sex Pheromone ◽  
Receptor System ◽  
Corn Borer ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Tetradecenyl Acetate ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae

The racemate and individual enantiomers of 2-fluoro-Z-11-tetradecenyl acetate (2F-Z-11), analogs of a European corn borer moth, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner), female sex pheromone were compared with the natural pheromone, Z-11-tetradecenyl acetate, in field trapping experiments, flight tunnel studies, mating disruption assays and electrophysiological experiments. While the racemate and R-2F-Z-11 mimicked the natural female sex pheromone, they were not more biologically potent than the pheromone. The S-2F-Z-11 was largely ineffective in all assays and was, therefore, incompatible with the pheromone receptor system.

Contextual Chemical Ecology: Male to Male Interactions Influence European Corn Borer1 Male Behavioral Response to Female Sex Pheromone in a Flight Tunnel

1997 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 472-477
Author(s):  
Jerome A. Klun ◽  
Jennifer C. Graf
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Behavioral Response ◽  
European Corn Borer ◽  
Flight Tunnel ◽  
Female Sex Pheromone ◽  
Corn Borer ◽  
Male Response ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Tetradecenyl Acetate ◽  
Pheromone Plume

The responses of European corn borer, Ostrina nubilalis (Hübner), males in a flight tunnel to sex pheromone, [11-tetradecenyl acetate (97:3, Z:E)] was dependent upon the context in which the males were exposed to the stimulus. Males, held individually in isolation before being exposed to pheromone, flew upwind in the pheromone plume and landed on the pheromone source significantly more often than males caged with other males before exposure to the pheromone. When groups of males were simultaneously exposed to female sex pheromone, they responded, on a permale basis, with significantly more upwind flights to pheromone and intense behavior near the pheromone source than did males exposed to the pheromone individually. Heightened intensity of male response in group flight was independent of whether the males were individually isolated or caged with other males before being exposed to the pheromone. The enhanced behavioral output of males responding to pheromone in groups may represent an evolutionary adaptive advantage in instances where several males are simultaneously pursuing a single calling female.

EVIDENCE OF A MALE SEX PHEROMONE IN THE EUROPEAN CORN BORER, OSTRINIA NUBILALIS (HÜBNER) (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE)

1992 ◽  
Vol 124 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucie Royer ◽  
Jeremy N. McNeil
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Mating System ◽  
Mating Success ◽  
Ostrinia Nubilalis ◽  
European Corn Borer ◽  
Male Pheromone ◽  
Corn Borer ◽  
Male Sex Pheromone ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Male Sex

AbstractEuropean corn borer males have hair pencils located ventrally on the 8th sternite and these are extruded when a male approaches a calling female. The fact that (i) antennectomized females mated significantly less than both intact controls and individuals subjected to other forms of surgery, and (ii) males with hair pencils removed had a significantly lower mating success than control males, suggests that a male pheromone is involved in the mating system of the European corn borer.

GENETICS OF DIAPAUSE INDUCTION AND TERMINATION IN THE EUROPEAN CORN BORER, OSTRINIA NUBILALIS (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE), IN SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO

1978 ◽  
Vol 110 (12) ◽  
pp. 1351-1353 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. G. R. McLeod
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Ostrinia Nubilalis ◽  
European Corn Borer ◽  
Diapause Induction ◽  
Corn Borer ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Corn Borers ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Male Sex ◽  
Diapause Incidence

AbstractGrowth rate, diapause incidence, and diapause intensity were different in two strains of corn borers found in southwestern Ontario. Crosses between these two strains demonstrated that growth rate was female sex linked while diapause incidence was male sex linked. The effect of these two characteristics on hybridization is discussed.

scholarly journals GENE GENEALOGIES REVEAL DIFFERENTIATION AT SEX PHEROMONE OLFACTORY RECEPTOR LOCI IN PHEROMONE STRAINS OF THE EUROPEAN CORN BORER,OSTRINIA NUBILALIS

Evolution ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 1583-1593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Marc Lassance ◽  
Steven M. Bogdanowicz ◽  
Kevin W. Wanner ◽  
Christer Löfstedt ◽  
Richard G. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Ostrinia Nubilalis ◽  
Olfactory Receptor ◽  
European Corn Borer ◽  
Corn Borer
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