Identification and synthesis of a kairomone mediating host location by two parasitoid species of the cassava mealybug Phenacoccus herreni

P A Calatayud; J Auger; E Thibout; S Rousset; A M Caicedo; S Calatayud; H Buschmann; J Guillaud; N Mandon; A C Bellotti

doi:10.1023/a:1012274703197

Identification and synthesis of a kairomone mediating host location by two parasitoid species of the cassava mealybug Phenacoccus herreni

J Chem Ecol. 2001 Nov;27(11):2203-17. doi: 10.1023/a:1012274703197.

Authors

P A Calatayud¹, J Auger, E Thibout, S Rousset, A M Caicedo, S Calatayud, H Buschmann, J Guillaud, N Mandon, A C Bellotti

Affiliation

¹ IRD (formerly ORSTOM)/CIAT, Cassava Entomology, Cali, Colombia. [email protected]

PMID: 11817076
DOI: 10.1023/a:1012274703197

Abstract

Two encyrtid species, Acerophagus coccois and Aenasius vexans, parasitoids of the cassava mealybug Phenacoccus herreni use a contact kairomone from the body surface of their host as a host-location stimulant. The kairomone was synthesized and identified as O-caffeoylserine based on a combination of chromatographic methods. The synthetic compound was determined to be active.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Behavior, Animal
Caffeic Acids / chemical synthesis*
Caffeic Acids / chemistry*
Hymenoptera / chemistry*
Hymenoptera / parasitology
Insecta / chemistry*
Insecta / parasitology
Movement
Pheromones / chemical synthesis*
Pheromones / chemistry*
Serine / analogs & derivatives
Serine / chemical synthesis*
Serine / chemistry*
Smell

Substances

Caffeic Acids
O-caffeoylserine
Pheromones
Serine