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Attraction of Coffee Bean Weevil, Araecerus fasciculatus, to Volatiles from the Industrial Yeast Kluyveromyces lactis

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The coffee bean weevil (CBW), Araecerus fasciculatus (De Geer, 1775) (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) is an important pest of stored products such as grains, coffee beans, cassava, and traditional Chinese medicine materials. In China, CBW causes large losses of Daqu, a traditional Chinese liquor fermentation starter, and, unfortunately, the use of conventional insecticides against CBW is not suitable in Daqu storage. We found CBW to be highly attracted to fermenting yeast cultures, such as Kluyveromyces lactis. Eight volatile compounds, produced by fermenting cultures and not by sterile samples, were identified by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. Five of these substances elicited significant responses in Y-tube behavioral bioassays. Field trapping experiments revealed 2-phenylethanol and 2-phenylethyl acetate to be crucial for attraction of CBW. Results show that yeast volatiles play an important role in host location, and that 2-phenylethanol and 2-phenylethyl acetate could be utilized as potential attractants in monitoring and control systems against this important pest.

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This work was funded by State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests (SKLOF201609), Doctoral Program of Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences (4940701YBNE4N5), the National Basic Research Program of China (2012CB114104) and the NSFC (31321004). We thank Prof. David Hall (Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, UK) for assistance in preparation of the manuscript.

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    Shuai Yang, Xiang-Dong Mei, Dongmei She & Jun Ning

  2. Institute of Plant Protection, Integrated Pest Management Center of Hebei Province, Key Laboratory of IPM on Crops in Northern Region of North China, Ministry of Agriculture, Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, 437 Dongguan Street, Baoding City, Hebei Province, 071000, China

    Xiao-Fang Zhang, Yao-Fa Li & Tao Zhang

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Yang, S., Mei, XD., Zhang, XF. et al. Attraction of Coffee Bean Weevil, Araecerus fasciculatus, to Volatiles from the Industrial Yeast Kluyveromyces lactis . J Chem Ecol 43, 180–187 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-016-0809-5

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