Effects of Juvenile Hormone on Pheromone Synthesis in Dendroctonus frontalis
- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Entomology
- Vol. 11 (2) , 417-420
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/11.2.417
Abstract
One-day-old male and female Dendroctonus frontalis produced the pheromone trans -verbenol when treated topically with JH-II or methoprene. JH stimulated production of endo -brevicomin in 5-day-old and emergent males. These results suggest that JH mediates pheromone synthesis in D. frontalis , although the stimulus initiating JH production is not known. JH treatment generally decreased the pheromone content of 5-day-old or emergent adults, indicating that pheromone release may also be stimulated.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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