Banana Flower-Insect Interaction: Alpha-Pinene as Potential Attractant for the Insect Vector of Banana Blood Disease

Masriany  Masriany; Rizkita R. Esyanti; Fenny M.  Dwivany; Tjandra  Anggraeni

doi:10.4308/hjb.27.1.8

Banana Flower-Insect Interaction: Alpha-Pinene as Potential Attractant for the Insect Vector of Banana Blood Disease

Masriany Masriany Biological program study, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar, Makassar
Rizkita R. Esyanti School of Life Sciences and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung
Fenny M. Dwivany School of Life Sciences and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung
Tjandra Anggraeni School of Life Sciences and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung

Abstract

Volatile metabolites are produced by plants for self-defense and as communication mediators with the environment. Terpenes are volatiles emitted as odorant cues for herbivores and microorganisms. This study was aimed to investigate volatile metabolites produced by banana flowers that attract insect vectors of BBD. The volatile metabolites from banana flowers were extracted by headspace-solid phase microextraction (HS-SPME) and identified by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS). It was apparent that the concentrations of the metabolite alpha-pinene gradually increased from the first to the the third stage. Comparison of metabolites produced by symptomatic banana male flowers for BBD infection with non-symptomatic ones showed that the concentration of alpha-pinene was higher in symptomatic male flowers. In addition, preference for alpha-pinene was tested on three insect vector species (Rhodesiella bhutanensis, Drosophila sp., and Musca sp.), analyzed by M. Anova p<0.001, F_(1.5)=12.539 and Duncan test. Results showed that the insect vectors were mostly attracted to 20 µl volume of alpha-pinene compared to the other volumes and that alpha-pinene functioned as an attractant to these insects. This research is important for the formulation of attractants for insect vectors of BBD to control transmission of banana blood disease.

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2020-01-01

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MasrianyM., EsyantiR. R., DwivanyF. M., & AnggraeniT. (2020). Banana Flower-Insect Interaction: Alpha-Pinene as Potential Attractant for the Insect Vector of Banana Blood Disease. HAYATI Journal of Biosciences, 27(1), 8. https://doi.org/10.4308/hjb.27.1.8

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Vol. 27 No. 1 (2020): January 2020

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