Difference in volatiles of poplar induced by various damages

Abstract

Three treatments including mechanical damage,Lymantria dispar attacking and daubing oral secretions of the insects on mechanically damaged cut were conducted onPopulus simoniixPopulus pyramibalis c.v. in order to find the genuine reason leading to effective resistance response of tree to insects attacking. The release situation of the induced volatiles of the plant was analyzed by TCT-GC/MS at 24 hours after damages. The results indicated that some of the volatiles such as (Z)-3hexenyl acetate, decanal, 3-hexenyl isovalerate, nonanal, ocimene, and 2-cyanobutane can be induced by both insects attacking and mechanical damage, while 2,6-dimethyl-1,3,5,7-octatetraene, 2-methyl-6-methylene-1,7-octadien-3-one, caryophyllene, Isovaleronitrile, diethyl-methyl-benzamide, and dicapryl phthalate were only induced by insects attacking. Such difference in volatiles was attributed to that there existed active components in oral sections of the larvae ofLymantria dispar

Keywords

Induced volatiles / Oral secretions of insects / Mechanical damage / the larvaeLymantria dispar attacking