Green detection of the olive fruit fly pest by the direct determination of its sexual pheromone

Abstract

Bactrocera oleae Gmelin, the olive fruit fly, is considered a serious pest in the cultivation of olive trees since the larvae feed on the fruit damaging the productivity and quality of the final products (olive fruit and olive oil).

Determination of the Three Main Components of the Grapevine Moth Pest Pheromone in Grape-Related Samples by Headspace-Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

“…In this sense, our research group has developed some analytical approaches for the detection of the major components of the Tuta absoluta pheromone in tomato, water and air [18,19] and the main component of the Bactrocera oleae pheromone in olives [20]. The same basic configuration is proposed in this article to identify the three components of the Lobesia botrana pheromone in grape-related samples.…”

Selective extraction of Bactrocera oleae sexual pheromone from olive oil by dispersive magnetic microsolid phase extraction using a molecularly imprinted nanocomposite

“…Sexual pheromones are special chemical compounds used by insects for communication and they may be used as marker of the presence of a pest. Recently, we have proposed a simple analytical methodology to detect the main pheromone of Bactrocera oleae (1,7-dioxaspiro- [5,5]-undecane, (DSU)) in olive fruits [27]. However, the presence of this compound in final products like olive oil has not been addressed up to date.…”