The Influence of Chirality on the Behavioral Responses of Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) to Volatile and Contact Pheromones

In this dissertation, I present research I conducted to test the hypothesis that chirality influences the behavioral resposnses of longhorned beetles to volatile and contact pheromones. Structures of pheromones in the longhorned beetles generally fall along taxonomic lines, and various structural modifications such as functional groups and stereochemistry are used to grant species spcecificity to these signals. Effects of chirality on the bioactivity of volatile pheromones has been documented in the longhorned beetle subfamily Cerambycinae, but little is known about how stereochemistry affects behavioral responses of conspecifics to contact pheromones in this subfamily, and volatile pheromones in the Lamiinae.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Entomology

Year

2016

Author dc:creator

• Hughes, Gabriel Patrick

Contributors dc:contributor

• Matthew D. Ginzel
• Michael E. Scharf
• Clifford S. Sadof
• Richard Meilan

• chemical ecology
• pheromone
• stereochemistry

Repository record dc:identifier

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1216

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-2432