Natural volatiles impair the response of Hylobius abietis adults to synthetic attractants in Norway spruce clear cut areas
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">For over 20 years it has been known that mature adults of Hylobius abietis are attracted by the combination of alpha-pinene and ethanol. However, it is not clear to what extent weevil response to these stimuli is influenced when lar...
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author | Mihai Leonard Duduman Nicolai Olenici Olivier Bouriaud Valentina Olenici |
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description | <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">For over 20 years it has been known that mature adults of Hylobius abietis are attracted by the combination of alpha-pinene and ethanol. However, it is not clear to what extent weevil response to these stimuli is influenced when large quantities of similar volatile substances are present in the environment, and how the response depends on the release rate of volatile substances from traps. Nothing that, in fresh Norway spruce clear-cuttings, the mature weevils were equally attracted to the traps baited with dispencers having different release rates, we assumed that the experiment results were affected by the abundance of natural volatile substances issued from the fresh slash, which masked the differences between olfactory signals released from traps. To verify this hypothesis, the experiment conducted in fresh clear-cuttings was repeated in exactly the same place after almost a year, when the overground slash were old. For seven weeks, at the beginning of growing season 2008, in two experimental areas, 6 different combinations of alpha-pinen and ethanol were tested using the traps buried in the soil. In both experimental area was captured about the same number of weevils and catch dynamics were similar. In the first two weeks of experimentation, when there were the highest captures, but also for the entire period of experimentation, there were significant differences between the tested variants in what concerns the average number of captures, the traps baited with dispenser providing higher release rate of ethanol and alpha-pinene having higher catches. This shows that in the first season of vegetation the weevil response to the attractants was affected by the profusion of similar volatile substances issued from natural sources (fresh cutt stumps, branches, foliage, bark etc.).</span> |
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spelling | doaj.art-50b2cad70d8b45c48ccd526dc4b8b9232022-12-22T01:15:37Zeng‘Marin Drăcea’ National Research-Development Institute in ForestryAnnals of Forest Research1844-81352065-24452009-12-01521778810.15287/afr.2009.124135Natural volatiles impair the response of Hylobius abietis adults to synthetic attractants in Norway spruce clear cut areasMihai Leonard Duduman0Nicolai Olenici1Olivier Bouriaud2Valentina Olenici3Forest Research and Management Institute, Câmpulung Moldovenesc Station, 73 Calea Bucovinei, 725100 Câmpulung Moldovenesc, RomaniaForest Research and Management Institute, Câmpulung Moldovenesc Station, 73 Calea Bucovinei, 725100 Câmpulung Moldovenesc, RomaniaForest Research and Management Institute, Câmpulung Moldovenesc Station, 73 Calea Bucovinei, 725100 Câmpulung Moldovenesc, RomaniaForest Research and Management Institute, Câmpulung Moldovenesc Station, 73 Calea Bucovinei, 725100 Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Romania<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">For over 20 years it has been known that mature adults of Hylobius abietis are attracted by the combination of alpha-pinene and ethanol. However, it is not clear to what extent weevil response to these stimuli is influenced when large quantities of similar volatile substances are present in the environment, and how the response depends on the release rate of volatile substances from traps. Nothing that, in fresh Norway spruce clear-cuttings, the mature weevils were equally attracted to the traps baited with dispencers having different release rates, we assumed that the experiment results were affected by the abundance of natural volatile substances issued from the fresh slash, which masked the differences between olfactory signals released from traps. To verify this hypothesis, the experiment conducted in fresh clear-cuttings was repeated in exactly the same place after almost a year, when the overground slash were old. For seven weeks, at the beginning of growing season 2008, in two experimental areas, 6 different combinations of alpha-pinen and ethanol were tested using the traps buried in the soil. In both experimental area was captured about the same number of weevils and catch dynamics were similar. In the first two weeks of experimentation, when there were the highest captures, but also for the entire period of experimentation, there were significant differences between the tested variants in what concerns the average number of captures, the traps baited with dispenser providing higher release rate of ethanol and alpha-pinene having higher catches. This shows that in the first season of vegetation the weevil response to the attractants was affected by the profusion of similar volatile substances issued from natural sources (fresh cutt stumps, branches, foliage, bark etc.).</span>https://www.afrjournal.org/index.php/afr/article/view/124hylobius abietis, synthetic attractants, alpha-pinene, ethanol, release rates, weevil`s response, fresh/old clear cuttings |
spellingShingle | Mihai Leonard Duduman Nicolai Olenici Olivier Bouriaud Valentina Olenici Natural volatiles impair the response of Hylobius abietis adults to synthetic attractants in Norway spruce clear cut areas Annals of Forest Research hylobius abietis, synthetic attractants, alpha-pinene, ethanol, release rates, weevil`s response, fresh/old clear cuttings |
title | Natural volatiles impair the response of Hylobius abietis adults to synthetic attractants in Norway spruce clear cut areas |
title_full | Natural volatiles impair the response of Hylobius abietis adults to synthetic attractants in Norway spruce clear cut areas |
title_fullStr | Natural volatiles impair the response of Hylobius abietis adults to synthetic attractants in Norway spruce clear cut areas |
title_full_unstemmed | Natural volatiles impair the response of Hylobius abietis adults to synthetic attractants in Norway spruce clear cut areas |
title_short | Natural volatiles impair the response of Hylobius abietis adults to synthetic attractants in Norway spruce clear cut areas |
title_sort | natural volatiles impair the response of hylobius abietis adults to synthetic attractants in norway spruce clear cut areas |
topic | hylobius abietis, synthetic attractants, alpha-pinene, ethanol, release rates, weevil`s response, fresh/old clear cuttings |
url | https://www.afrjournal.org/index.php/afr/article/view/124 |
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