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Evidence for allelochemical attraction of the coffee berry borer,Hypothenemus hampei, by coffee berries

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Petri dish choice tests conducted on the coffee berry borer (CBB),Hypothenemus hampei, showed that females were able to discriminate between coffee berries at different ripening stages. A Y-shaped glass olfactometer was used to demonstrate that coffee berries emitted volatile chemicals that elicited upwind movement by female CBB. Olfactometer tests with three different solvent extracts of berries showed that at least some of the attractive chemical(s) released by the coffee berries could be extracted with acetone.

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  1. Laboratoire d'Entomologie fondamentale et appliquée, versité de Rennes, Avenue du Général Leclerc, F. 35042, Rennes Cedex, France

    Philippe Giordanengo

  2. Laboratoire de Zoologie appliquée ORSTROM, BP A5, Noumea, New Caledonia

    Luc O. Brun

  3. Laboratoire des Médiateurs chimiques, INRA Domaine de Brouessy, F. 78114, Magny les Hameaux, France

    Brigitte Frerot

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Giordanengo, P., Brun, L.O. & Frerot, B. Evidence for allelochemical attraction of the coffee berry borer,Hypothenemus hampei, by coffee berries. J Chem Ecol 19, 763–769 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00985007

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