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EFFECT OF REARING CONDITIONS ON PRODUCTION OF STERNAL GLAND SECRETION, AND IDENTIFICATION OF MINOR COMPONENTS IN THE STERNAL GLAND SECRETION OF THE PREDATORY STINK BUG Eocanthecona furcellata

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Production of the male specific compound, 6,10,13-trimethyltetra- decyl isovalerate by the predatory stink bug Eocanthecona furcellata (Wolff) was dramatically affected by rearing conditions. Male bugs kept isolated after eclosion produced an average of 1,948 ng of 6,10,13-trimethyltetradecyl isovalerate per bug, whereas male bugs reared in groups of 5–8 bugs produced an average of only 4 ng of 6,10,13-trimethyltetradecyl isovalerate per bug. Same-sex or mixed-sex pairs of bugs produced less than 50 ng per bug. Male bugs kept isolated for 1~wk and then grouped for 1~wk produced 3 ng of 6,10,13-trimethyltetradecyl isovalerate per bug, whereas male bugs grouped first and then isolated produced 135 ng of 6,10,13-trimethyltetradecyl isovalerate. A total of 11 minor components in relative amounts of less than 1% of the major 6,10,13-trimethyltetradecyl isovalerate were found in the sternal gland secretion. These included 6,10,13-trimethyltetradecanol, acetate, propionate, and butyrate esters of 6,10,13-trimethyltetradecanol, and isovalerate or valerate esters of homologs of 6,10,13-trimethyltetradecanol.

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    HSIAO-YUNG HO, YUN-CHE HSU, YA-CHUN CHUANG & YIEN-SHING CHOW

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HO, HY., HSU, YC., CHUANG, YC. et al. EFFECT OF REARING CONDITIONS ON PRODUCTION OF STERNAL GLAND SECRETION, AND IDENTIFICATION OF MINOR COMPONENTS IN THE STERNAL GLAND SECRETION OF THE PREDATORY STINK BUG Eocanthecona furcellata. J Chem Ecol 31, 29–37 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-005-0971-7

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