6,10,14-Trimethylpentadecan-2-one: A Bermuda grass phagostimulant to fall armyworm (lepidoptera: Noctuidae) |
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Authors: | M. A. Mohamed S. S. Quisenberry D. J. Moellenbeck |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Entomology, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, 70803 Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
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Abstract: | A phagostimulant, 6,10,14-trimethylpentadecan-1-one (phytone), was isolated and identified from Bermuda grass,Cynodon dactylon (L.). The phagostimulant activity of this isoprenoid ketone was established from bioassays of fall armyworm larvae,Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith). Larvae displayed increased body mass accumulation as well as preference to diet supplemented with this molecule. Neonate larvae fed diet supplemented with chromatographic isolates of phytone-containing fractions from six Bermuda grass cultivars showed a 10–40% increase in body mass accumulation as compared with controls. This variation in larval body mass accumulation seems attributable to a differential concentration of phytone in the cultivars, which ranged from 0.5 to 43 ppm. Additionally, first-instar larvae responded preferentially to diet pellets topically treated with phytone in concentrations as low as 0.1 ppm. |
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Keywords: | Allelochemistry Bermuda grass Cynodon dactylon phagostimulant Spodoptera frugiperda Lepidoptera Noctuidae fall armyworm 6,10, 14-trimethylpentadecan-2-one |
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