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Do Mated Tribolium confusum Adults Respond
to Blends of Odors?
Anna Wenda-Piesik1, Dariusz Piesik2, Bogusław Buszewski3
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1UTP University of Science and Technology, Department of Plant Growth Principles and Experimental Methodology,
85-225 Bydgoszcz, 20 Kordeckiego St., Poland
2UTP University of Science and Technology, Department of Entomology and Molecular Phytopathology,
85-225 Bydgoszcz, 20 Kordeckiego St., Poland
3Nicolaus Copernicus University, Faculty of Chemistry, Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics,
87-100 Toruń, 7 Gagarina St., Poland
Submission date: 2016-04-11
Final revision date: 2016-07-19
Acceptance date: 2016-07-19
Online publication date: 2017-01-31
Publication date: 2017-01-31
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2017;26(1):447-452
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In this paper we report the behavioral responses of mated Tribolium confusum to blends of volatiles
using a Y-tube olfactometer. Four doses of volatiles (1 ng.min-1, 10 ng.min-1, 100 ng.min-1, and 1,000 ng.min-1
in 50 μl of hexane applied on filter paper) were tested. A Y-tube experiment revealed that both mated females
and males of Tribolium confusum were attracted to blends 4 and 5 at concentrations of 100 ng.min-1 and
10 ng.min-1, respectively. Moreover, mated females of tested insects were also attracted to blends 1 and 5.
Yet the weevil females and males were repelled by the highest concentrations (1,000 ng·min-1) for all tested
blends. Additionally, a 100 ng·min-1 concentration also repelled both sexes in blends 2, 3, 5, and 6.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.