Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5590-7545, Simmonds, Monique S. J. and Blaney, Wally M. (2002) Influence of Odor from Wood-Decaying Fungi on Host Selection Behavior of Deathwatch Beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 28 (4). pp. 741-754. ISSN 0098-0331 (Print), 1573-1561 (Online) (doi:10.1023/A:1015284625697)

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Abstract

Adult females of Xestobium rufovillosum de Geer demonstrated anemotactic orientation when exposed to an odor plume containing volatiles generated by wood-decaying fungi (Coriolus versicolor, Donkioporia expansa) and decayed oak wood (Quercus petraea, Quercus robur). They did not orient towards undecayed oak wood, beech (Fagus sylvatica), or pine wood (Pinus sylvestris). Although all insects tested showed anemotactic orientation, responses were nonlinear with respect to insect age. Adult females more readily oriented upwind when they were between 10 and 16 days old. Oviposition choice bioassays showed that ovipositing females would preferentially oviposit on extract-treated cellulose paper discs that had been treated with various strains of the wood-decaying fungus, Donkioporia expansa. HPLC-fractionated mycelial extracts were attractive to ovipositing deathwatch beetles, whereas HPLC-fractionated fungal broth extracts were repellent to ovipositing females. The implications of these results are discussed in the context of timber pest management in historically important buildings.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	[1] Acknowledgments (funding): This research has been conducted as part of the Wood Care Project which received funding from the European Union Environmental Initiative Programme (Project 4.20.5.6396; contract EV5V-CT94-0517) [2] Copyright: © 2002 Plenum Publishing Corporation
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Deathwatch beetle Xestobium rufovillosum Coleoptera Anobiidae Quercus sp. host selection behaviour chemo-orientation behaviour oviposition timber pest wood-decaying fungi Donkioporia expansa
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QL Zoology
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute > Agriculture, Health & Environment Department
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Last Modified:	17 Aug 2015 14:06
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/12554

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