Electroantennographic responses of Heterotermes tenuis (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) to synthetic (3Z,6Z,8E)-Dodecatrien-1-ol

• Main Authors: Batista-Pereira Luciane G., Santos Márcio G. dos, Corrêa Arlene G., Fernandes João B., Dietrich Célia R. R. C., Pereira Dilmar A., Bueno Odair C., Costa-Leonardo Ana Maria
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2004-01-01
• Series: Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society
• Subjects: Heterotermes tenuis; Rhinotermitidae; (3Z,6Z,8E)-dodecatrien-1-ol; electroantennography; subterranean termite
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532004000300006
• ISSN: 0103-5053

The subterranean termite Heterotermes tenuis (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) is a pest of great importance for the Brazilian economy as it causes serious damages in commercial reforestations of Eucalyptus spp. and sugarcane cultures. (3Z,6Z,8E)-Dodecatrien-1-ol has been identified as a pheromone of some species of subterranean termites. The objective of this research was to synthesize (3Z,6Z,8E)-dodecatrien-1-ol and determine by electroantennographic (EAG) bioassays the selectivity and sensitivity of H. tenius antennae to its whole worker extract and to the synthetic triene alcohol.