Aggregation pheromone activity of the female sex pheromone, β-acaridial, in Caloglyphus polyphyllae (Acari: Acaridae)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1271/bbb.65.1724

Caloglyphus (= Sancasania) polyphyllae discharges from a pair of opisthonotal glands a characteristic set of volatiles, i.e. three monoterpenes and seven hydrocarbons. Among them, β-acaridial, which is known as the female sex pheromone of the species and has antifungal activity, was newly identified as the aggregation pheromone for unfeeding and unmating mites. Feeding mites, however, exhibited sexually aroused behavior instead of the tendency to cluster when exposed to β-acaridial. This is the first example of the compound demonstrating two pheromone functions depending upon the circumstances faced by the mites.

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Aggregation Pheromone Activity of the Female Sex
Pheromone, β-Acaridial, in Caloglyphus polyphyllae
(Acari: Acaridae)
Nobuhiro SHIMIZUa, Naoki MORIa & Yasumasa KAWAHARAa
a Laboratory of Chemical Ecology, Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of
Agriculture, Kyoto University
Published online: 22 May 2014.
To cite this article: Nobuhiro SHIMIZU, Naoki MORI & Yasumasa KAWAHARA (2001) Aggregation Pheromone Activity of
the Female Sex Pheromone, β-Acaridial, in Caloglyphus polyphyllae (Acari: Acaridae), Bioscience, Biotechnology, and
Biochemistry, 65:8, 1724-1728, DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.1724
To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1271/bbb.65.1724
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