Raspberry ketone diet supplement reduces attraction of sterile male Queensland fruit fly to cuelure by altering expression of chemoreceptor genes

Raspberry ketone diet supplement reduces attraction of sterile male Queensland fruit fly to cuelure by altering expression of chemoreceptor genes

Abstract Sterile male Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt), fed as immature adults on the plant compound raspberry ketone (RK), show a reduced attraction to cuelure, a synthetic analogue of RK used as an attractant in Male Annihilation Technique. We hypothesized the reduced attraction...

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Main Authors: Mohammed Abul Monjur Khan, Nandan P. Deshpande, Lucas A. Shuttleworth, Terry Osborne, Damian Collins, Marc R. Wilkins, Geoff M. Gurr, Olivia L. Reynolds
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96778-7

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96778-7

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