Jeffrey pine trees killed by the Jeffrey Pine Beetle – Little Valley, Near Reno, NV 1998

Mark McGregor, USDA Forest Service

Pitch tubes:Jeffrey pine beetle attackingJeffrey pine tree

Pine engraver beetle, Ips piniColonizing Jeffrey pine log

JH treated male D. jeffreyiantisense probe to HMG-R

crop Ventriculus (midgut)

rectum

Hall

Pheromone production occursIn midgut of bark beetles

Pheromone-Biosynthetic Gene Expression Profiles:

Induced by feeding or JH treatment

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0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

Time (h)

Thiolase HMG-SHMG-R DecarboxylaseIsomerase GPPSFPPS

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-1

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AACT

HMG-

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MK

MPD

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IPPI

GPPS

FPPS

log

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n) (+

SE)Basal expression levels

higher in males than females

Localized to anterior midgut