Identification and synthesis of a kairomone inducing oviposition by parasitoidAphytis melinus from California red scale covers |
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Authors: | Jocelyn G Millar J Daniel Hare |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Entomology, University of California, 92521 Riverside, California |
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Abstract: | The parasitoid waspAphytis melinus uses a kairomone from the cover of its scale host, California red scale (Aonidiella aurantii), as an oviposition stimulant. The kairomone was isolated from extracts of scale covers, and identified asO-caffeoyltyrosine by a combination of spectroscopic methods. The kairomone was synthesized, and the synthetic compound was determined to be as active as the chemical isolated from scale covers. |
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Keywords: | Kairomone oviposition stimulant O-caffeoyltyrosine Aphytis melinus Hymenoptera Encyrtidae Aonidiella aurantii Homoptera Diaspididae |
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