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Title: Progress towards identifying semiochemicals for the Diaprepes root weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus.

Author
item Lapointe, Stephen

Submitted to: Florida Entomological Society Annual Meeting
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/2/2009
Publication Date: 7/28/2009
Citation: Lapointe, S.L. 2009. Progress towards identifying semiochemicals for the Diaprepes root weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus [abstract]. Florida Entomological Society Annual Meeting. A#37.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: A semiochemical-based attractant for the Diaprepes root weevil has been sought since introduction of this polyphagous pest to Florida in the 1960s. Recent progress includes the identification of a set of putative kairomones consisting of common plant volatiles, a hypothetical aggregation pheromone that induces arrestment behavior as shown in wind tunnel experiments, and a putative pheromone of unknown function isolated by GC-EAD. A synthesis of current knowlegde of semiochemical-mediated communication in this species is presented.