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α-Ionone, α-ionol, and their mixtures with phenolic volatiles act as potential male lures for the solanaceous fruit fly Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel). However, the attractiveness of these compounds is not as strong as that of other well-known tephritid male lures, such as methyl eugenol for Bactrocera dorsalis. Isophorone and isophorol, which have a partial skeletal structure of α-ionone/α-ionol (i.e., trimethylcyclohexene), were attractive to B. latifrons males, and their mixtures with α-ionol exhibited stronger activity than any of the individual compounds. We also tested 3-oxo-α-ionone, 3-oxo-α-ionol, 3-hydroxy-α-ionone, and 3-hydroxy-α-ionol, hybrid compounds between isophorone/isophorol and α-ionone/α-ionol. 3-Oxo-α-ionone and 3-oxo-α-ionol were active both as attractants and phagostimulants for males. The results suggest that the introduction of an oxygen atom at the 3-position of the α-ionone/α-ionol molecule optimizes the specific chemosensory responses in B. latifrons males.
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We thank Dr. Kohji Yamamura (Laboratory of Population Ecology, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan) and Hajime Katsumata (Yokohama Plant Protection Station, Yokohama, Japan) for assistance with data analysis, Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural Research Center for transferring B. latifrons to us, and Isao Miyazaki, Shinobu Sukenari, Takuji Yamamoto, and other staff members of Naha Plant Protection Station (Okinawa, Japan) for assistance with laboratory tests. We are also grateful to Dr. Keng Hong Tan (Penang, Malaysia) and Dr. Todd E. Shelly (USDA–APHIS, Waimanalo, HI, USA) for useful discussions on this study. This work was partially supported by a Grant-in-Aid for the 21st Century COE Program for Innovative Food and Environmental Studies Pioneered by Entomomimetic Sciences from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.
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Ishida, T., Enomoto, H. & Nishida, R. New Attractants for Males of the Solanaceous Fruit Fly Bactrocera latifrons . J Chem Ecol 34, 1532–1535 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-008-9562-8
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