title: Southern pine beetle: Olfactory receptor and behavior discrimination of enantiomers of the attractant pheromone frontalin.
abstract: In laboratory and field bioassays, the response ofDendroctonus frontalis was significantly greater to the mixture of (1S, 5R)-(-)-frontalin andalpha-pinene than to (1R,5S)-(+)-frontalin andalpfa-pinene. Electro-physiological studies revealed that antennal olfactory receptor cells were significantly more responsive to (1S, 5R)-(-)-frontalin than to (1R, 5S)-(+)-frontalin. Both enantiomers stimulated the same olfactory cells which suggests that each cell possesses at least two types of enantiomer-specific acceptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University, 77843, College Station, Texas.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Payne
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Richerson
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dickens
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authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: West
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authors.lastname: Mori
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authors.lastname: Berisford
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authors.lastname: Hedden
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authors.lastname: Vité
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authors.lastname: Blum