Abstract
In laboratory trail-following bioassays of Argentine ant workers, Iridomyrmex humilis (Mayr), the geometric isomer, (E)-9-hexadecenal, of the trail pheromone component (Z)-9-hexadecenal elicited insignificant trail following as did the potentially more stable formate analogs, (Z)-7-tetradecenyl formate, (E)-7-tetradecenyl formate, and tetradecyl formate. Further, in direct choice tests, workers showed no preference for gaster extract trails (0.002 ant equiv/cm) over trails of (Z)-9-hexadecenal (0.2 ng/cm). Moreover, a 10-fold increase in synthetic trail concentration to 2.0 ng/cm caused (Z)-9-hexadecenal trails to be significantly preferred over gaster extract trails by trail-following ants.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1057-1063 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Chemical Ecology |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1 1982 |
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- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
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Specificity of laboratory trail following by the argentine ant, Iridomyrmex humilis (Mayr), to (Z)-9-hexadecenal, analogs, and gaster extract. / Van Vorhis Key, S. E.; Baker, Thomas Charles.
In: Journal of Chemical Ecology, Vol. 8, No. 7, 01.07.1982, p. 1057-1063.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Specificity of laboratory trail following by the argentine ant, Iridomyrmex humilis (Mayr), to (Z)-9-hexadecenal, analogs, and gaster extract
AU - Van Vorhis Key, S. E.
AU - Baker, Thomas Charles
PY - 1982/7/1
Y1 - 1982/7/1
N2 - In laboratory trail-following bioassays of Argentine ant workers, Iridomyrmex humilis (Mayr), the geometric isomer, (E)-9-hexadecenal, of the trail pheromone component (Z)-9-hexadecenal elicited insignificant trail following as did the potentially more stable formate analogs, (Z)-7-tetradecenyl formate, (E)-7-tetradecenyl formate, and tetradecyl formate. Further, in direct choice tests, workers showed no preference for gaster extract trails (0.002 ant equiv/cm) over trails of (Z)-9-hexadecenal (0.2 ng/cm). Moreover, a 10-fold increase in synthetic trail concentration to 2.0 ng/cm caused (Z)-9-hexadecenal trails to be significantly preferred over gaster extract trails by trail-following ants.
AB - In laboratory trail-following bioassays of Argentine ant workers, Iridomyrmex humilis (Mayr), the geometric isomer, (E)-9-hexadecenal, of the trail pheromone component (Z)-9-hexadecenal elicited insignificant trail following as did the potentially more stable formate analogs, (Z)-7-tetradecenyl formate, (E)-7-tetradecenyl formate, and tetradecyl formate. Further, in direct choice tests, workers showed no preference for gaster extract trails (0.002 ant equiv/cm) over trails of (Z)-9-hexadecenal (0.2 ng/cm). Moreover, a 10-fold increase in synthetic trail concentration to 2.0 ng/cm caused (Z)-9-hexadecenal trails to be significantly preferred over gaster extract trails by trail-following ants.
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