Development and reproductive biology of the maize stemborer Busseola fusca Fuller (Lepid., Noctuidae)
Publication Type
Journal Article
Journal Name
Journal of Natural Products
Publication Date
2-28-2014
Abstract
Methyl farnesoate, [methyl (2E,6E)-3,7,11-trimethyldodeca-2,6,10-trienoate (1)] has not been thought be present in the hemolymph of insects, although it is the immediate biosynthetic precursor of the circulating insect hormone juvenile hormone III (methyl (2E,6E)-10,11-epoxy-3,7,11-trimethyl-2,6-dodecadienoate) (2). Compound 1 was identified from the hemolymph obtained from five orders of insects. Identification of 1 from the American bird grasshopper was facilitated using both electron impact and chemical-ionization GC-MS, GC-FTIR, and 2D NMR techniques. The identifications from other insects were made using GC-MS, and the amounts of all were quantified using LIM-CI-GC-MS. The ratios of 1 and 2 varied in these insects during different developmental stages. The present results underscore the need for further studies on methyl farnesoate (1) as a circulating hormone in insects. © 2014 The American Chemical Society and American Society of Pharmacognosy.
PubMed ID
24467367
Recommended Citation
Teal, P., Jones, D., Jones, G., Torto, B., Nyasembe, V., Borgemeister, C., Alborn, H., Kaplan, F., Boucias, D., & Lietze, V. (2014). Development and reproductive biology of the maize stemborer Busseola fusca Fuller (Lepid., Noctuidae). Journal of Natural Products, 77 (2), 402-405. https://doi.org/10.1021/np400807v