Contribution to the study of semiochemical
Contribution to the study of semiochemical
slow release formulations
slow release formulations
Development of flash chromatographic methods
Stéphanie Heuskin
Department of Analytical chemistry (Prof. G. Lognay)
Introduction
Introduction
Semiochemicals = communication signals between species (pheromones, kairomones, allomones, synomones)
Aphids tritrophic system
Host plant (Vicia fabae L.) Phytophageous insect : aphids Predator : Episyrphus balteatus De Geer Parasitoid : Aphidius ervi Haliday E-β-farnesene Alarm pheromone
Aggregation of Harmonia axyridis
Larva of Asian lady beetle Adult eating aphids Aggregated colony β-caryophyllene Aggregation pheromone
Goals of the research
Goals of the research
Isolation of semiochemicals from essential
oils
Formulations of compounds to attract predators
and/or parasitoids of aphids on infested fields
Chemical ecology supported by analytical
chemistry methodologies
Steps
Steps
Pure essential oils
Flash Chromatography fractionation Purified semiochemicals Evaporation of elution solvent Solvent-free semiochemicals Alginate beads formulations Slow release study Biological tests GCMS analysis + Fast GC analysis Fast GC analysis Fast GC analysis Optimization
+ Fast GC method validation by accuracy profiles and analytical performance estimation