1,8-Cineole: An attractant for the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus
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Date
1996-07
Authors
Hassanali, Ahmed
Ndiege, I. O.
Budenberg, W. J.
Otieno, D. O.
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Elsevier
Abstract
1,8-Cineole was identified as one of the electrophysiologically active components of the volatiles from banana cultivars susceptible to the banana weevil. It was also shown to be an attractant for the banana weevil Comopolites sordidus in laboratory behavioural bioassays. The resistant cultivar did not contain 1,8-cineole. β-Phellandrene, which exhibited electrophysiological activity, but did not show any attraction to the banana weevil, was found only in the resistant banana cultivar.
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DOI: 10.1016/0031-9422(96)00008-8
Keywords
Musa, Musaceae, banana, 1,8-cineole, eucalyptol, monoterpenoids, electrophysiological activity, attractant, kairomone, banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus
Citation
Phytochemistry Volume 42, Issue 2, May 1996, Pages 369–371