Publication Type

Journal Article

Journal Name

Phytochemistry

Publication Date

1-1-1996

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.

Keywords

1, 8-cineole, Attractant, Banana, Banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus, Electrophysiological activity, Eucalyptol, Kairomone, Monoterpenoids, Musa, Musaceae

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