Date of Award
January 2016
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Entomology
First Advisor
Matthew D. Ginzel
Committee Member 1
Michael E. Scharf
Committee Member 2
Clifford S. Sadof
Committee Member 3
Richard Meilan
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Hughes, Gabriel Patrick, "The Influence of Chirality on the Behavioral Responses of Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) to Volatile and Contact Pheromones" (2016). Open Access Dissertations. 1216.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1216