Abstract：
:Wings and legs of the gregarious desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria have been shown to be release sites of phenylacetonitrile (PAN), the major adult male-produced pheromone. However, there is limited information on the distribution of PAN within the locust. Here we show, using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), that PAN occurs in nearly all body parts of both adult males and females of the locust in varying amounts. PAN was 20-fold more concentrated in males than in females. In females, PAN was concentrated more in the tarsal segments. The greatest amounts of PAN were in 2- and 3-week old female and male body parts, respectively. No trace of PAN was found in similar ages and sexes of the solitarious phase desert locust. Our results show that PAN is distributed in the body matrix of both sexes of gregarious phase locusts and suggest that no specific tissue is responsible for biosynthesis of the pheromone.
journal_name
J Insect Physioljournal_title
Journal of insect physiologyauthors
Amwayi PW,Masiga DK,Govender P,Teal PE,Torto Bdoi
10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.03.012subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-08-01 00:00:00pages
1037-41issue
8eissn
0022-1910issn
1879-1611pii
S0022-1910(12)00059-5journal_volume
58pub_type
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