scholarly journals A Systematic Review of the Behavioral Responses by Stored-Product Arthropods to Individual or Blends of Microbially Produced Volatile Cues

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 391
Author(s):  
Marco A. Ponce ◽  
Tania N. Kim ◽  
William R. Morrison III

Microbes are ubiquitous and play important ecological roles in a variety of habitats. While research has been largely focused on arthropods and microbes separately in the post-harvest supply chain, less attention has been paid to their interactions with each other. Up to this point, there has been no attempt to systematically describe the patterns of behavioral responses by stored-product insects to microbially produced volatile organic compounds (MVOCs). Thus, our aims were to evaluate whether stored-product arthropods were primarily and significantly attracted, repelled, or had a net neutral effect (e.g., unaffected or mixed) by MVOCs presented as (1) complex headspace blends or (2) single constituents and known mixtures. In total, we found 43 articles that contained 384 sets of tests with different combinations of methodology and/or qualitative findings, describing the behavioral responses of 24 stored-product arthropod species from two classes, four orders, and 14 families to 58 individual microbial compounds and the complex headspace blends from at least 78 microbial taxa. A total of five and four stored-product arthropod species were significantly attracted and repelled by MVOCs across odor sources, respectively, while 13 were unaffected or exhibited mixed effects. We summarize the biases in the literature, including that the majority of tests have occurred in the laboratory with a limited subset of methodology and has largely only assessed the preference of adult arthropods. Finally, we identify foundational hypotheses for the roles that MVOCs play for stored-product arthropods as well as gaps in research and future directions, while highlighting that the behavioral responses to MVOCs are complex, context-, and taxon-dependent, which warrants further investigation.

Author(s):  
Rosa A. Sola Martínez ◽  
José M. Pastor Hernández ◽  
Óscar Yanes Torrado ◽  
Manuel Cánovas Díaz ◽  
Teresa de Diego Puente ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 917-923 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Dekeirsschieter ◽  
Christine Frederickx ◽  
Georges Lognay ◽  
Yves Brostaux ◽  
Francois J. Verheggen ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heresh Amini ◽  
Masud Yunesian ◽  
Vahid Hosseini ◽  
Christian Schindler ◽  
Sarah B. Henderson ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-116
Author(s):  
Arati A. Inamdar ◽  
Shannon Morath ◽  
Joan W. Bennett

Many volatile organic compounds (VOCs) associated with industry cause adverse health effects, but less is known about the physiological effects of biologically produced volatiles. This review focuses on the VOCs emitted by fungi, which often have characteristic moldy or “mushroomy” odors. One of the most common fungal VOCs, 1-octen-3-ol, is a semiochemical for many arthropod species and also serves as a developmental hormone for several fungal groups. Other fungal VOCs are flavor components of foods and spirits or are assayed in indirect methods for detecting the presence of mold in stored agricultural produce and water-damaged buildings. Fungal VOCs function as antibiotics as well as defense and plant-growth-promoting agents and have been implicated in a controversial medical condition known as sick building syndrome. In this review, we draw attention to the ubiquity, diversity, and toxicological significance of fungal VOCs as well as some of their ecological roles.


2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 034002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Christiansen ◽  
Jesper Rømhild Davidsen ◽  
Ingrid Titlestad ◽  
Jørgen Vestbo ◽  
Jan Baumbach

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. e0006423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcela Tabares ◽  
Mario Ortiz ◽  
Mabel Gonzalez ◽  
Chiara Carazzone ◽  
Martha J. Vives Florez ◽  
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