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Katarina Hedlund. Foto.

Katarina Hedlund

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Katarina Hedlund. Foto.

Selective odor perception in the soil collembola Onychiurus armatus

Författare

  • Göran Bengtsson
  • Katarina Hedlund
  • Sten Rundgren

Summary, in English

The olfactorial response of the fungivorous soil collembolan Onychiurus armatus was examined in a bioassay covering volatile compounds identified in the odor blends of two of its preferred fungal species Monierella isabellina and Verticillium bulbillosum. The odor of the fungi was trapped using activated carbon filters, extracted with diethyl ether, and subjected to GC-MS analysis. About 50% of the compounds resolved by GC were identified by a combination of electron impact and chemical ionization mass spectrometry. In a Y-shaped olfactometer the collembolans were attracted to a variety of common odors, such as CO2 and 2-methyl-1-propanol, and a species-specific odor, such as 1-heptene, and arrested by, for example, decanal and 2-octene. The response was not improved by pairwise combinations of common and specific odors. An amount of 0.5 ng of ethyl acetate or 3 pg of 1-pentanol was sufficient to attract the collembolans. The specific compounds of V. bulbillosum, 1-heptene and 1-octen-3-ol, may be key stimuli explaining why O. armatus prefers V. bulbillosum.

Avdelning/ar

  • Biologiska institutionen
  • Markgruppen

Publiceringsår

1991-11-01

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

2113-2125

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volym

17

Issue

11

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Springer

Ämne

  • Ecology

Nyckelord

  • attractants
  • Collembola
  • Fungal volatiles
  • fungivor
  • GC-MS
  • Monierella
  • olfactorial
  • Onychiurus armatus
  • Verticillium

Status

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • Soil Ecology

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0098-0331