Methyl Eugenol as an Attractant for Oriental Fruit Fly

Steiner, L. F.

doi:10.1093/jee/45.2.241

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“…In fact, the studies published so far on the relationship between the responses to male lures and the age of the flies are conflicting. Steiner (1952) reported sexually immature B. dorsalis males (even as young as 1d-old) responded to ME. Similarly, Wong et al (1989) stated both wild and laboratory reared oriental fruit flies responded to ME, before they were sexually mature.…”

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“…It elicits strong anemotaxis in male flies and, in some species, equally strong chemotactic feeding responses (Meats and Osborne 2000). Steiner (1952) reported that ME is capable of attracting oriental fruit flies from as far as 0.8 km. and described the characteristic and compulsive 92 feeding behavior of the male fly.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Steiner (1952) reported that sexually immature males responded to ME. Wong et al (1989) too proposed that B dorsalis males were attracted to ME even before attaining sexual maturity.…”

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Factors influencing the responsiveness of male oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, to Methyl Eugenol (3, 4 Dimethoxyalyl Benzene)

Karunaratne¹,

Karunaratne

2015

Trop Agric Res & Ext

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The parapheromone, methyl eugenol (ME) (3, 4 dimethoxyalyl benzene), occurring in a variety of plant species, is the most effective known lure attracting the male oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel). Bioassays were carried out in a wind tunnel under laboratory conditions, to evaluate behavioural responses of male flies to seven concentrations of ME, diurnal pattern of male responsiveness and age of responsiveness to methyl eugenol and the factors influencing the responsiveness of males to ME. Attraction of male flies to ME was assessed by monitoring three behavioural parameters namely the number of flies performing upwind zigzagging anemotactic flights over at least 50cm to the ME source, total number of flies landing on the source and the total number of flies moved into the upwind section of the wind tunnel after 20 minutes. The responsiveness of males to ME increased with the increase of the concentration, 0.0001µl eliciting the lowest and 5.0µl producing the highest attraction in males. All the males which were attracted exhibited a feeding response and no other behavioural response was observed. Male responsiveness to ME was not uniform throughout the day. The responses were highest during the morning (82.6%), declined to a lower level in the afternoon (41.8%) and then dropped markedly at the 'dusk' period (11.4%). This decline in response to ME suggested an inverse relationship to the time of peak mating activity in the male. Male responsiveness to ME was found to be age-dependent. The response to the attractant increased with the age of the flies indicating a relationship between responses to ME and sexual maturity of the flies. No significant responses were evident when males were 1, 3 and 5 days old. Males were strongly attracted to ME by the time they were 10d-old and the highest attraction was observed in 15d-old males. Attraction to ME was still considerably high even when they were 25 and 30d-old.

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Factors influencing the responsiveness of male oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, to Methyl Eugenol (3, 4 Dimethoxyalyl Benzene)

Karunaratne¹,

Karunaratne

2015

Trop Agric Res & Ext

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“…Sticky substance amended with protein hydrolysate or male annihilation substances such methyl eugenol as lure (Roessler, 1989) is widely used in trapping the fruit fly. Enzymatic protein hydrolysate baits were first used in Hawaii for control of B. dorsalis (Steiner, 1952).…”

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Effect of Sticky Trap Color and Height on the Capture of Adult Oriental Fruit Fly, <i>Bactrocera dorsalis</i> (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Chili Pepper

Said¹,

Fatahuddin²,

Asman³

et al. 2017

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is a destructive pest to many major crops, including chili pepper (Capsicum frutescens L). The insect can cause yield loss up to 100% in the absence of any control measures. One control tactic commonly used by pepper growers to control the fruit fly is sticky trap to capture the adults. The purpose of the current study was to elucidate the effect of trap color and height on the fly capture. The results showed that yellow trap was consistently the most attractive trap amongst the other trap colors tested with an overall average of 62.6 adults per trap during the study. The second most attractive traps were white and green traps with overall averages of 45.2 and 40 adults per trap, respectively. The attractiveness levels of the red and blue traps were comparable each other with overall averages of 29.4 and 25.4 adults per trap, respectively. The least attractive trap was black trap with an overall average of 17.1 adults per trap, which was significantly lower than the other trap colors. In addition, traps set up at 25 and 50 cm above the ground captured significantly more adults (187.8 and 171.9 per trap, respectively) compared to those set up at 75 and 100 cm above the ground (60.8 and 37.1 per trap, respectively). When the combination of the color and height of the traps were analyzed, the yellow, white and green traps set up at 25 and 50 cm above the ground caught the highest numbers of adult fruit flies and they were not significantly different each other. Thus, these combinations should be recommended to the pepper growers to control the insect in their plantations.

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“…Many constituents of essential oils of plants or fruits are attractive to tephritids; e.g. Dacus dorsalis males to methyl eugenol (Steiner, 1952) and Bactrocera latifrons to a-ionol (Flath, et al, 1994). The results of this work arc but a partial contribution to the elucidation of chemical-odor relationship.…”

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Elecroantennogram Responses of the Cherry Fruit Fly Rhαgoletis cerαsi (Diptera: Tephritidae) to Naturally Occurring Volatiles

Raptopoulos

Koutsaftikis

Haniotakis

et al. 2017

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EAG responses of the cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi (Linne) (Diptera: Tephritidae) were recorded in response to seventy-eight generally occurring plant volatiles and male cherry fruit fly volatiles. The test compounds are representatives of three major classes of organic compounds, aldehydes, ketones, and monoterpenes. No differences were observed in the degree of response between males and females. Carbon-chain length, unsaturation, and position of functional groups all have significant effect on the magnitude of EAG response.

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Methyl Eugenol as an Attractant for Oriental Fruit Fly

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Factors influencing the responsiveness of male oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, to Methyl Eugenol (3, 4 Dimethoxyalyl Benzene)

Factors influencing the responsiveness of male oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, to Methyl Eugenol (3, 4 Dimethoxyalyl Benzene)

Effect of Sticky Trap Color and Height on the Capture of Adult Oriental Fruit Fly, <i>Bactrocera dorsalis</i> (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Chili Pepper

Elecroantennogram Responses of the Cherry Fruit Fly Rhαgoletis cerαsi (Diptera: Tephritidae) to Naturally Occurring Volatiles

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