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Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry, 1999, 47(3):1223. | Lipid, polyamide, and flavonol phagostimulants for adult western corn rootworm from sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) pollen.[Pubmed: 10552441] | METHODS AND RESULTS:
Adult Diabroticites including western corn rootworm (WCR), Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, consume pollen of corn, squash, sunflower, and other species. Short-chain neutral amino acids in methanol-water extracts of pollen have been previously identified in our laboratory as strong phagostimulants for Diabrotica. Bioassay-driven fractionation was used to characterize the interacting lipid and midpolarity phagostimulants for adult WCR in Giant Gray Stripe sunflower, Helianthus annuus L., pollen. Lipids rich in omega3-linolenic acid including triglycerides, free fatty acids, phosphatidylethanolamines, phosphatidic acids, and phosphatidylcholines were highly phagostimulatory. Other important phagostimulatory components included a hydroxycinnamic acid-polyamine amide, N(1),N(5),N(10)-tri[(E)-p-coumaroyl]spermidine(N1,N5,N10-(E)-tri-p-coumaroylspermidine), and a flavonol, quercetin beta-3-O-glucoside.
CONCLUSIONS:
The structural characteristics of these phagoactive compounds and their role in the pollinivory specialization of rootworm beetles are discussed. |
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