Chinese Journal of Applied Entomology ›› 2020, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (4): 938-945.doi: 10.7679/j.issn.2095-1353.2020.096

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EAG and behavioral responses of Cacia cretifera thibetana to seven walnut tree volatiles

Xiang-Zhong MAO1(), Bin YANG2, Yun-Qiang MA2, Ning ZHAO1,2,***()   

  1. 1. Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Forest Biotechnology, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Forest Disaster Warning and Control in Yunnan Province, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
  • Received:2019-09-15 Accepted:2020-03-05 Online:2020-07-27 Published:2020-09-02
  • Contact: Ning ZHAO E-mail:915506357@qq.com;lijiangzhn@163.com

Abstract:

[Objectives] To investigate the electroantennogram and olfactory behavioral responses of male and females of the beetle Cacia cretifera thibetana to seven volatile compounds derived from a host plant of this pest, the walnut Juglans sigillata var ‘Santai. [Methods] Electroantennogram (EAG) and Y-tube olfactometer assays were employed to investigate the responses of C. cretifera thibetana to seven volatile components from J. sigillata var ‘Santai’. [Results] The EAG results show that the tested concentrations of all seven compounds elicited responses from both male and female beetles. The weakest EAG responses were to volatile concentrations of 0.000 4 mol/L and the highest to concentrations of 0.4 mol/L. The strongest EAG responses by males and females, 1.84 and 1.74, respectively, were elicited by nonanal. Y-tube behavioral assays showed that, within a certain range of concentration, six compounds, including alpha-pinene, beta-pinene, 1-caryophyllene, nonaldehyde, eucalyptus oil alcohol and trans-2-hexenal, were attractive to male and female beetles. N-hexyl aldehydes, however, had a repellent effect on both sexes. At a volatile concentration of 2 mol/L, females were most attracted by nonaldehyde whereas males preferred beta-pinene; chemotaxis rates of each sex for each compound were 95% and 87%, respectively. N-hexaldehyde had a repellent effect on both sexes, eliciting chemotaxis rates of 87% and 78%, respectively. [Conclusion] All seven compounds induced an EAG response, and six, including alpha-pinene, bet-pinene, 1-caryophyllene, nonaldehyde, eucalyptus oil alcohol and trans-2-hexenal, were attractive to both sexes. Only one compound, n-hexenal, had a repellent effect. These results provide a foundation for further research on attractants for C. cretifera thibetana.

Key words: Cacia cretifera thibetana, Juglans sigillata var ‘Santai’, volatile compounds, electroantennogram response, Y-type olfactory response