Site of production of an oviposition-deterring pheromone component in Rhagoletis pomonella flies

R. J. Prokopy, A. L. Averill, C. M. Bardinelli, E. S. Bowdan, S. S. Cooley, R. M. Crnjar, E. A. Dundulis, C. A. Roitberg, P. J. Spatcher, J. H. Tumlinson, B. L. Weeks

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Abstract

Using behavioural and electrophysiological assay techniques, we identified the posterior half of the midgut as being a principal site of production of a major component of the oviposition-deterring, fruit-marking pheromone of female Rhagoletis pomonella flies. Following secretion into, and accumulation in, the gut lumen, this component is released, together with other gut contents, in the marking trail deposited during dragging of the ovipositor on the fruit surface after egg-laying, as well as in the faeces. Other components of the pheromone may be produced elsewhere.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1-7,9-10
JournalJournal of Insect Physiology
Volume28
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1982

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Physiology
  • Insect Science

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