OBP2 in the Midlegs of the Male Bactrocera dorsalis Is Involved in the Perception of the Female-Biased Sex Pheromone 4-Allyl-2,6-dimethoxyphenol

AbstractTwo major fruit fly pest species, Bactrocera dorsalis and B. umbrosa, are strongly attracted to methyl eugenol (ME) found in >450 plant species. They are, however, exclusive pollinators of certain daciniphilous (attracting Dacini fruit flies) Bulbophyllum orchids. A comparison between the recaptures of feral males after feeding ad libitum on 0.6 mg ME (simulating an average floral quantity of an orchid flower – Trial 1) and 480 mg in Trial 2 was investigated using the non-invasive capture-mark-release-recapture (CMRR) technique. Based on daily CMRR over a 16-day period, using a different colour enamel paint each day, percentages of B. dorsalis males recaptured in Trial 1 were significantly higher than those in Trial 2. However, for B. umbrosa, percentages of recaptures for different day-specific colours were highly variable due to low fly numbers captured/day. In Trial 1, of 756 B. dorsalis males released, 36.4% were recaptured once, 7.7 twice, 2.4 three times and 0.4 four times. While in Trial 2 of 1157 released males, 6% were recaptured once and 0.3% twice. Of 67 B. umbrosa males released, 28.4% were recaptured once and none more than once in Trial 1. Nevertheless, of 119 flies released in Trial 2, 25.2% were recaptured once and 3.3% twice. Overall, many marked males did return to a single ME-source to ‘refuel’ ME (a sex pheromone precursor). The results also show that a relatively high number of flies paid multi-visitations to a single 0.6 mg ME-source and indicate that the presence of natural ME-sources may impact area-wide IPM programmes.

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Neuropeptides and their potential physiological functions in the oriental fruit fly,Bactrocera dorsalis(Hendel)

10.1603/ice.2016.105656 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Hongbo Jiang

Keyword(s):

Fruit Fly ◽

Bactrocera Dorsalis ◽

Oriental Fruit Fly ◽

Physiological Functions

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Analogues of sex pheromone component in the pheromone gland ofBombyx mori

10.1603/ice.2016.108643 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Takeshi Fujii

Keyword(s):

Sex Pheromone ◽

Pheromone Component ◽

Pheromone Gland

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PERKEMBANGAN PRADEWASA DAN LAMA HIDUP IMAGO Psyttalia sp. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), PARASITOID LARVA LALAT BUAH Bactrocera dorsalis HEND (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Jurnal Rekayasa Lingkungan ◽

10.29122/jrl.v5i3.1895 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Yulia Pujiastuti

Keyword(s):

Fruit Flies ◽

Bactrocera Dorsalis ◽

Average Level ◽

Development Period ◽

Plant Pest ◽

Immature Development

The objective of the research were to investigate level parasitization, immature development period, longevity of adult parasitoids, along with number of progeny and parasitoid sex of Psyttalia sp. attacking larvae of Bactrocera dorsalis. This experiment was conducted in Laboratory of Entomology, Department Plant Pest and Diseases Faculty of Agriculture, Sriwijaya University from March to September 2007. The result showed that the average level of parasitization of Psyttalia sp. reached 24.24%. The highest one was 30% and the lowest was 16.7%. The immature development period of Psyttalia sp. ranged from 24-31 days with average 27.5 days. Longevity of imago parasitoids which stored at 5 0C was 14.1 days. In the research, the progeny of parasitoids which produced was females with percentage of females reached 59.99% and percentage of males reached 39.99%.Keywords: fruit flies, Bactrocera dorsalis, parasitoid, Psyttalia sp.

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