title: Identification and synthesis of a kairomone mediating host location by two parasitoid species of the cassava mealybug Phenacoccus herreni.
abstract: Two encyrtid species, Acerophagus coccois and Aenasius vexans, parasitoids of the cassava mealybug Phenacoccus herreni use a contact kairomone from the body surface of their host as a host-location stimulant. The kairomone was synthesized and identified as O-caffeoylserine based on a combination of chromatographic methods. The synthetic compound was determined to be active.
authors.affiliation: IRD (formerly ORSTOM)/CIAT, Cassava Entomology, Cali, Colombia. P.CALATAYUD@CGIAR.ORG
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Calatayud
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Auger
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thibout
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rousset
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Caicedo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Calatayud
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Buschmann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guillaud
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mandon
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Bellotti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D002109:Caffeic Acids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D006927:Hymenoptera / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000469:parasitology; D007313:Insecta / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000469:parasitology; D009068:Movement; D010675:Pheromones / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D012694:Serine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D012903:Smell
chemical_list: D002109:Caffeic Acids; C451417:O-caffeoylserine; D010675:Pheromones; D012694:Serine