Disruption of Sex Pheromone Biosynthesis: A Novel Control Method for Pestiferous Fruit Flies by

性信息素生物合成的破坏：一种防治瘟疫果蝇的新方法

• 批准号: DP0451923
• 负责人: Prof James De Voss
• 金额: $ 16.71万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2004-01-01 至 2008-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0451923
• 关键词: Disruption; Sex; Pheromone; Biosynthesis; Novel

Fruit flies from the genus Bactrocera are economically important worldwide. B. tryoni, (Queensland fruit fly) is the most damaging horticultural pest in Australia and B. oleae (olive fly) is a major European pest. These flies use chemicals of similar but distinct structure for communication and particularly for finding mates. This research will examine the pathways and enzymes these flies use to synthesise sex pheromones. We propose that understanding the chemical and biochemical steps employed by the flies will allow us to design inhibitors to prevent pheromone production and thus provide a novel, species specific method for controlling fruit flies.

小实蝇属果蝇在世界范围内具有重要的经济价值。昆士兰果蝇（B. tryoni）是澳大利亚最具破坏性的园艺害虫，橄榄蝇（B. oleae）是欧洲主要害虫。这些果蝇使用类似但结构不同的化学物质进行交流，尤其是寻找配偶。这项研究将检查这些苍蝇用来合成性信息素的途径和酶。我们提出，了解果蝇所采用的化学和生化步骤将使我们能够设计抑制剂来阻止信息素的产生，从而为控制果蝇提供一种新的，物种特异性的方法。