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Host‐recognition kairomone from Sogatella furcifera for the parasitoid Anagrus nilaparvatae
Author(s) -
Lou Yonggen,
Cheng Jiaan
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
entomologia experimentalis et applicata
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.765
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1570-7458
pISSN - 0013-8703
DOI - 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2001.00891.x
Subject(s) - nymph , biology , brown planthopper , kairomone , parasitoid , planthopper , delphacidae , honeydew , botany , olfactometer , host (biology) , hymenoptera , horticulture , homoptera , pest analysis , hemiptera , biochemistry , ecology , gene
A kairomone produced by the rice white‐backed planthopper Sogatella furcifera (Horvath) for the mymarid egg parasitoid Anagrus nilaparvatae Pang et Wang was investigated. Eggs, female and male adults, nymphs, exuvia, honeydew, nymph‐damaged plants and plants with S. furcifera eggs all elicited searching behavior in the parasitoid. Eggs, female adults and plants with eggs were the most attractive, while exuvia and honeydew evoked the weakest responses. The active compound(s) from S. furcifera female adults, nymphs and plants with eggs could be effectively extracted with methanol, acetone, n‐hexane, ethyl ether and dichloromethane. Isolation of the active chemical(s) in three solvent extracts, the acetone and n‐hexane extracts of S. furcifera female adults, and the acetone extract of S. furcifera nymphs, was accomplished by thin‐layer chromatography. Only one fraction was active and had the same chemical properties in the three solvent extracts. Infra‐red analysis of this fraction revealed a kind of ester with saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, which was previously found to be active in the same compound as the extracts from the nymphs and female adults of the rice brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stål), and identified as palm oil. The results are discussed in relation to host location by A. nilaparvatae .