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- Researchers identified volatile compounds emitted by male Platypus mutatus while they bore galleries in poplar trees, using advanced analysis techniques.
- They found that the main compounds involved were 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-ol (sulcatol) and 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one (sulcatone), with only one form of sulcatol (retusol) present.
- Behavioral tests indicated that female Platypus mutatus are more attracted to the galleries of males, which suggest that these compounds may act as sex pheromones to attract females.
Article Abstract
We report here the identification and behavioral activity of volatile compounds emitted by male Platypus mutatus (=sulcatus) Chapuis while boring galleries in living poplar, Populus deltoides Marshall, trees. Headspace analysis using solid phase microextraction techniques showed the presence of 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-ol (sulcatol) and 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one (sulcatone). Only one enantiomer of sulcatol, retusol, was found to be part of the volatile emission. Behavioral assays showed that females are more attracted than males to galleries with boring males inside. Both sulcatol and sulcatone elicited electroantennographic responses by female P. mutatus. Furthermore, behavioral bioassays showed that both sulcatol and sulcatone elicit behaviorally attractive responses by females. These results suggest that male P. mutatus releases a sex pheromone composed mainly of retusol and sulcatone.
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Article Synopsis
- Researchers identified volatile compounds emitted by male Platypus mutatus while they bore galleries in poplar trees, using advanced analysis techniques.
- They found that the main compounds involved were 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-ol (sulcatol) and 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one (sulcatone), with only one form of sulcatol (retusol) present.
- Behavioral tests indicated that female Platypus mutatus are more attracted to the galleries of males, which suggest that these compounds may act as sex pheromones to attract females.
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