Pine weevil (Hylobius abietis) antifeedants from lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta)

J Chem Ecol. 2001 Nov;27(11):2253-62. doi: 10.1023/a:1012231020944.

Abstract

Pine weevils (Hylobius abietis) fed less on bark of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) than on bark of Scots pine (P. sylvestris). Two pine weevil antifeedants, ethyl trans-cinnamate and ethyl 2,3-dibromo-3-phenyl-propanoate, were isolated from bark of lodgepole pine. These two compounds significantly reduced pine weevil feeding in a laboratory bioassay. In field assays, the second compound significantly decreased pine weevil damage on planted seedlings. Ethyl 2,3-dibromo-3-phenylpropanoate has not previously been reported as a natural product.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biological Assay
  • Cinnamates / chemistry
  • Cinnamates / isolation & purification*
  • Cinnamates / pharmacology
  • Coleoptera*
  • Feeding Behavior*
  • Phenylpropionates / chemistry
  • Phenylpropionates / isolation & purification*
  • Phenylpropionates / pharmacology
  • Pheromones
  • Pinus / chemistry*
  • Plants, Edible / chemistry*

Substances

  • Cinnamates
  • Phenylpropionates
  • Pheromones
  • ethyl 2,3-dibromo-3-phenylpropanoate
  • ethyl cinnamate