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INTRODUCTION
Terpenes are a major volatile component of coniferous resin and have often
been studied because of their multiple ecological roles (Harborne, 1990; Langen-
heim, 1994). They affect the behavior of a variety of insects (reviewed by
Speight and Wainhouse, 1989; Honda, 1995) and may act as attractants, ovipo-
sition stimulants, or defenses. Monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes have also been
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The high cost of the intensive management of this maritime pine forest
makes it necessary to prevent stem borers from reducing the volume and the
quality of the forest products grown. The impossibility of chemical control,
because the insect is hidden under the bark for more than 11 months each year
and the uncertainty of biological controls, led us to investigate other pest man-
agement strategies, including the use of host chemicals as insect attractants.
Thus, the goal of this study was to identify candidate terpenes that could be
attractants to D. sylvestrella. For this, the terpene compositions of resin from
different tissues (wood, needle and liber) and the terpene emission generating
by pruning wounds and needles were determined.
The study was conducted in maritime pine from a local provenance grown
on a mesophilous humid heath at the Station de Recherches Forestieres, Gazinet,
France. Trees were 13 years old; 12 infested trees (mean diameter at breast height
= 16.6 ± 2.6 cm) and 12 uninfested trees (mean diameter at breast height = 15.9
± 1.4 cm) were randomly selected from, respectively, the 44 infested and 183
uninfested trees initially identified for the study. All samples were taken during
the period of D. sylvestrella flight (from June to August).
Resin Samples. Wood resin was collected 2 m above ground level using
methods described by Jactel et al. (1996b) and oleoresin samples were stored
at -30°C under nitrogen until analyses were performed (Delorme and Lieutier,
1990). In addition, 5 g of needles (1 and 2 years old) and 5 g of liber were
collected at the 5-year-old internode of each tree. Resins were extracted in pen-
tane for 24 hr. The extracts were filtered through a 70-230 mesh (10 ml) col-
umn of SDS silica gel. Mono- and sesquiterpenes were eluted with 30 ml of
pentane-ether (98:2). The purified extracts were concentrated by evaporation
under moderate vacuum before FID-GC analyses.
Headspace Samples. Two different headspace techniques were developed
to collect terpene emissions from needles and pruning wounds. The first trap
had been designed for needle emission collection in the laboratory and was
adapted by Roques (personal communication). Needles (50 g) were enclosed
in a Tedlar bag perforated with air inlet holes and connected by a Teflon tube to
a glass cartridge filled with 100 mg XAD2. The trap was connected by Teflon
tubes to a vacuum pump (90 ml/min). Eight samples of needles of different
trees (infested or not), including a blank control, were analyzed simultaneously.
The effluvial sampling was run for 15 hr. The adsorbent was eluted using 400
U1 dichloromethane (CH2Cl2). The estimated trapping efficiency for XAD2 and
CH2Cl2 use is between 47 and 78% for low-molecular-weight compounds such
as terpenes (Figure 1), using the method described by Mathieu (1995).
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Since the infestation rate for D. sylvestrella increases with pruning sever-
ity (Jactel et al., 1994, 1996a; Jactel and Kleinhentz, 1997), a second trap was
designed to collect volatiles emitted by pruning wounds from a living tree. The
sampling apparatus consisted of two polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) chambers
(500 ml) with an open rectangular shaped side (4 x 10 cm). The first chamber
was attached by wire to the trunk around a pruning wound. The second cham-
ber was attached to a glass plate (control chamber). The edge of the chamber,
which touched the tree or the glass plate was wrapped with PTFE to prevent gas
exchange between the chamber and the atmosphere. Incoming air was filtered
using an XAD16 cartridge. The chamber was also connected to a glass cartridge
filled with 100 mg XAD2, by a Teflon tube. The cartridge was finally connected
to a vacuum pump (180 ml/min) by Teflon tubes. The effluvial sampling was
run for 48 hours. The adsorbent was eluted using 400 U1 CH2C12.
FID-GC Analysis. The purified extract was analyzed by FID-GC (Hewlett
Packard 5890 series II; temperature program: 60°C to 90°C at a rate of 6°C/min,
90°C to 102°C at a rate of 3°C/min, 5 min at 102°C, and 102°C to 280°C at a rate
of 6°C/min; splitless injector 270°C; detector 290°C) on a 30 x 0.25 mm ID HP-1
column (He 15 psi, 2.5-Ul sample). The relative percentage of mono- and sesquiter-
penes was calculated by adding up all recorded terpene peaks. Components were
also quantified by comparing their peak area with that of an n-dodecane standard.
Statistical Analyses. All statistical analyses were performed using SAS
software (SAS Institute, 1996). Statistical analyses of percentage variables were
computed using the arcsin \/x transformation (Dagnelie, 1973). Nonparamet-
ric analyses of variance (Wilcoxon test) were used for oleoresin composition
data that were proportions of p-terpenes with the constraint Epi = 1. Correlation
between terpenes was estimated using the Pearson correlation coefficient. Mean
differences were tested using Scheffe's multiple range test.
al. (1994) also identified only monoterpenes in Douglas needle headspace (in
decreasing proportions: sabinene, B-pinene, terpinolene, A-pinene, D-3-carene,
terpinene, and camphene). Larix decidua Mill, foliage emitted A-pinene, cam-
phene, sabinene, limonene and B-phellandrene (Rappaport et al., 1995). Mono-
terpene emissions from maritime pine foliage averaged 14.4 Ug/g/day on a fresh
weight basis (Table 2), which is approximately equivalent to 28 Ug/g/day on a
dry weight basis (Porte, personal communication). For species that emit mainly
monoterpenes, the emission rates usually range between 2.4 and 240 Ug/day
per leaf tissue dry weight (Lamb et al., 1985). Monoterpene emissions from five
Pinus species ranged from 60 to 260 Ug/g/day on a dry weight basis (Tingey
and Burns, 1980).
In maritime pine, significant correlations were found between the same
monoterpene proportions from needle emission and needle resin (Table 3),
except for limonene. The greatest difference between the two profiles was
the absence of sesquiterpenes from needle emissions. This absence could be
explained by the fact that only a few monoterpenes, particularly a- and B-pinene,
dominate terpene emissions during emission measurements (Zimmerman, 1979;
Tingey et al., 1980; Evans et al., 1985; Juuti et al., 1990). The relative abundance
of some monoterpenes in the gas phase has been attributed to their low boiling
points (Hanover, 1972). When there is no difference in the diffusion coefficient
between the two compounds, water solubility could also explain some of the
variations in emissions rates found for the monoterpenes (Tucker and Nelken,
1982).
Pruning Wound Emission. Like needle emissions, maritime pine pruning
wound emissions contained essentially A- and B-pinene and low proportions
Terpene
Profile API CAM BPI MYR D3C LIM TPL LGF BCA
FIG. 2. Comparison of the mean terpene composition in wood resin, pentane extract (nee-
dles and liber), and headspace samples (needles and pruning wounds) from maritime pine
trees attacked or unattacked by D. sylvestrella. Standard errors are indicated by vertical
bars. One star above a pair of bars indicates a significant difference (P > 0.05). api:
A-pinene, bpi: B-pinene, cam: camphene, myr: myrcene, D3c: D-3-carene; lim: limonene,
tpl: terpinolene, Inl: linalool, Igp: longipinene, cop: copaene, cub: cubebene, Igf: longi-
folene, bca: B-caryophyllene, ahu: A-humulene and ger: germacrene D.
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FIG. 2. Continued.
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