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Longitudinal study of Caribbean pine elucidates the role of 4-allylanisole in patterns of chemical resistance to bark beetle attack

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2020

Austin J. Hammer ,
Nathan W. Bower Open the ORCID record for Nathan W. Bower [Opens in a new window] ,
Aaron I. Snyder ,
Zachary N. Snyder ,
Fredy L. Archila  and
Marc A. Snyder
Austin J. Hammer
Affiliation:
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, USA
Nathan W. Bower*
Affiliation:
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, USA
Aaron I. Snyder
Affiliation:
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, USA
Zachary N. Snyder
Affiliation:
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, USA
Fredy L. Archila
Affiliation:
Herbario BIGU, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala, 01012
Marc A. Snyder*
Affiliation:
Organismal Biology and Ecology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, USA
*
Authors for correspondence: *Nathan W. Bower, Email: NBower@ColoradoCollege.edu; Marc A. Snyder, Email: MSnyder@ColoradoCollege.edu
Authors for correspondence: *Nathan W. Bower, Email: NBower@ColoradoCollege.edu; Marc A. Snyder, Email: MSnyder@ColoradoCollege.edu
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Abstract

Southern pine beetles (Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann) and symbiotic fungi are associated with mass mortality in stands of Caribbean pine (Pinus caribaea Morelet). This study provides a 12.7-year assessment of semiochemical mediation between southern pine beetle and Caribbean pine in relation to concentrations of 4-allylanisole (estragole, methyl chavicol) and monoterpenes measured by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry in different seasons in premontane and coastal pine stands of Belize and Guatemala. Individual trees and stands with >2.5% (relative mass %) of 4-allylanisole in the xylem oleoresin exhibited significantly less beetle-induced mortality than those with <2.5%. Changes in relative levels of 4-allylanisole and monoterpenes during this study are consistent with seasonal temperature and cumulative water deficit effects and suggest bark beetle attack of P. caribaea may intensify in the future.

Keywords

4-allylanisoleBelizeclimate changeDendroctonus frontalisGuatemalamonoterpenesPinus caribaea
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , March 2020 , pp. 43 - 46
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© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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