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Farnesol, a synomone component between lantana (Lamiales: Verbenaceae) and the omnivorous predator, Campylomma chinensis Schuh (Hemiptera: Miridae)

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Flower scents are known as synomones between flowering plants and pollinators, but very little is known about the synomone involving omnivorous predator. Campylomma chinensis Schuh (Hemiptera: Miridae) is an omnivorous predator that feeds on both small soft-bodied arthropods and plant hosts including purple trailing lantana Lantana montevidensis (Spreng.) Briq. (Lamiales: Verbenaceae). In laboratory experiments, we examined the effect of fresh inflorescences and volatiles of L. montevidensis on the behavior of adult C. chinensis. In a Y-tube olfactometer, we found that the fresh inflorescences of L. montevidensis significantly attracted adult C. chinensis. Then, the volatile compounds from the fresh inflorescences of L. montevidensis were analyzed by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC–MS). The results showed that there were seventeen compounds detected in the inflorescences, and the main components were terpenoids including monoterpenoids and sesquiterpenoids. Moreover, the adults were significantly attracted to the concentration of 5 µl/ml farnesol. The results of the present work implied that the omnivorous mirid C. chinensis used farnesol, a sesquiterpenoid alcohol derivative, to identify and locate its plant hosts. The role of farnesol as a potential synomone for C. chinensis is discussed.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Y-F Chen from the Instrumental Analysis & Research Center of South China Agricultural University for her assistance with GC–MS. This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, P. R. China (No. 021031).

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  1. Laboratory of Insect Ecology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China

    Feng-Mei Ma & Wei-Jian Wu

  2. Key Laboratory of Bio-Pesticide Innovation and Application of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, 510642, China

    Feng-Mei Ma & Wei-Jian Wu

  3. College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China

    Li-Xia Zheng

  4. South China Botanical Garden, Academic Science of China, Guangzhou, 510520, China

    Ze-Zheng Gao

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Ma, FM., Zheng, LX., Gao, ZZ. et al. Farnesol, a synomone component between lantana (Lamiales: Verbenaceae) and the omnivorous predator, Campylomma chinensis Schuh (Hemiptera: Miridae). Arthropod-Plant Interactions 11, 703–708 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-017-9523-7

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