Isolation, identification, and biological activity of trail-following pheromone of termite Trinervitermes bettonianus (Sjöstedt) (Termitidae:Nasutitermitinae)

Publication Type

Journal Article

Journal Name

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Name of Author

Phillip G. McDowell, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Nairobi
Gilbert W. Oloo, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Nairobi

Publication Date

6-1-1984

Abstract

The principal compound which posseses trail-following activity at low concentration has been isolated from workers and from female alates of the grass feeding termite Trinervitermes bettonianus. Male alates also produce the pheromone but in much smaller quantities than the female. The structure of the pheromone was determined as the diterpene hydrocarbon cembrene-A from spectra and microscale reaction data. © 1984 Plenum Publishing Corporation.

Keywords

cembrene-A, diterpene, Isoptera, termite, Termitidae, Trail pheromone, Trinervitermes bettonianus

Recommended Citation

McDowell, P., & Oloo, G. (1984). Isolation, identification, and biological activity of trail-following pheromone of termite Trinervitermes bettonianus (Sjöstedt) (Termitidae:Nasutitermitinae). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 10 (6), 835-851. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00987967