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JOURNAL OF THE BRAZILIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 21, Issue 3, Pages 556-563Publisher
SOC BRASILEIRA QUIMICA
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-50532010000300023
Keywords
galls; leaves; Baccharis spicata; Schinus polygamus; headspace solid phase microextraction
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Baccharis spicata (Asteraceae) and Schinus polygamus (Anacardiaceae) are plants native from Rio Grande do Sul and are hosts of two unidentified galling psyllids (Hemiptera, Psyllidae). Both plant species produce essential oil and their volatile compounds play an important role related to this kind of plant-insect interaction. Extraction and analysis of volatiles produced by leaves, galled leaves and galls were performed using headspace solid phase microextraction and gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry detector. Composition of the headspace of B. spicata and S. polygamus galls showed a significant change in their volatile profile when compared to healthy leaves. These changes were mainly related to a higher production of monoterpenes in galled tissue, compared to what was found in healthy samples. Some changes on the production of green leaf volatiles were also observed in both plant species, especially in S. polygamus. The possible ecological role of these chemical changes was discussed.
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