Identification of odors from overripe mango that attract vinegar flies, Drosophila melanogaster.

abstract：:The principal volatile component (99 + %) of the sex pheromone glands ofLutzomyia longipalpis from Lapinha, Brazil, has been isolated and characterized as a novel homosesquiterpene with the specific structure proposed as 9-methylgermacrene-B, (E,E)-8-(1-methylethylidenyl)-1,5,10-trimethyl-1,5-cyclodecadiene. ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Hamilton JG,Dawson GW,Pickett JA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione transferase activity towards various plant isothiocyanates was studied in larvae of the two generalists, fall armyworm [Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith)], and cabbage looper [Trichoplusia ni (Hübner)], and the specialist, velvetbean caterpillar (Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner) using the midgut soluble frac...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Wadleigh RW,Yu SJ

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to feeding damage, Lima bean releases herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPV), which are generally assumed to attract carnivorous arthropods as an indirect defense. While many studies have focused on such tritrophic interactions, few have investigated effects of HIPV on herbivores. I used natural herbivor...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Heil M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemically based resistance of plants to herbivorous insects is today essentially synonymous with allelochemically based resistance; the importance of plant secondary compounds in determining patterns of host-plant utilization has been established in a wide variety of insect-plant interactions. In contrast, primary me...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Berenbaum MR

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of host species and resource (carbon dioxide, nitrate) availability on activity of detoxication enzymes in the gypsy moth,Lymantria dispar. Larvae were fed foliage from quaking aspen or sugar maple grown under ambient or elevated atmospheric CO2, with low or high soil NO 3 (-) availability....

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Lindroth RL,Jung SM,Feuker AM

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The terpenoid content of eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) foliage was measured over an annual cycle of development from bud opening, shoot elongation, shoot maturation, to bud-break at the start of the next growing season. The objective was to determine if variation in terpenoid composition is linked with spatial an...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Lagalante AF,Lewis N,Montgomery ME,Shields KS

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) leaf residue (LP, leaf powder) inhibited salvinia (Salvinia molesta Mitchell) biomass and the number of healthy fronds at 0.25% (w/v) and killed the treated plants at and above 0.75% (w/v) in about 5-15 days, depending on the quantity of the residue. At the lethal dose, the LP ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Pandey DK

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Communication during tandem running inPachycondyla obscuricornis is chemically mediated by a pheromone produced in the pygidial gland, which is composed of a cluster of gland cells and an associated reservoir located beween the 6th and 7th tergites of the gaster. The secretion of the gland appears to be transferred to...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Traniello JF,Hölldobler B

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Males ofCarpophilus antiquus Melsheimer (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) emit an aggregation pheromone that was found to be a novel hydrocarbon, (3E,5E,7E,9E)-6,8-diethyl-4-methyl-3,5,7,9-dodecatetraene. A synthetic scheme and spectra (mass and proton NMR) are given for the compound. Beetles produced the pheromone when feedi...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Bartelt RJ,Seaton KL,Dowd PF

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hard clams, Mercenaria mercenaria, are sessile, filter-feeding organisms that are heavily preyed upon by blue crabs, which find their clam prey using chemical cues. Clams may evade blue crabs by reducing their pumping (feeding) behavior when a threat is perceived. The purpose of this study was to determine the type of...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Smee DL,Weissburg MJ

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elytra of females of the white-spotted longhorn beetle, Anoplophora malasiaca (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), are coated with a contact sex pheromone, which was previously shown to be composed of at least three chemical groups. Individually, the chemical groups had little pheromonal activity, but a blend of all three ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Fujiwara-Tsujii N,Yasui H,Yasuda T,Wakamura S,Akino T,Fukaya M,Suzuki T,Hoshi T,Hagiwara H,Ono H

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The buffy-headed marmoset (Callithrix flaviceps) is apparently the only predispersal herbivore of the seeds of Siparuna guianensis at the Caratinga Biological Station in southeastern Brazil. Both the fruit receptacles and the frutioles (seeds) of S. guianensis are relatively rich in nutrients such as carbohydrates, pr...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Simas NK,Ferrari SF,Pereira SN,Leitão GG

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent observations of social behavior and reproduction in wolves, coyotes, hunting dogs, mongooses, and lions suggest possible involvement of pheromones in the regulation of reproductive activity. Observed phenomena resemble the known pheromonal effects in mice such as suppression or synchronization of estrus, induct...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Hradecký P

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many plant secondary compounds induce detoxification activity in herbivorous insects. Although inducibility may be advantageous as a means of reducing costs associated with maintenance of metabolism, another benefit of inducibility is that it may allow insects to tailor their detoxification profiles to multiple substr...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Cianfrogna JA,Zangerl AR,Berenbaum MR

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical investigation of the Dufour gland contents of three species ofMyrmecia by GC and GC-MS showed thatM. gulosa andM. nigriceps contain predominantly linear hydrocarbons, whereasM. pilosula contains acetates, aldehydes, and propionates. The major components ofM. gulosa andM. nigriceps are (Z)-8-heptadecene, penta...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Jackson BD,Billen JP,Morgan ED

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemoreception in the adults of the freshwater prawnMacrobrachium rosenbergii was investigated under controlled laboratory conditions, using behavioral assays. Tests were carried out on groups, as well as on individuals, all at their intermolt stages of the molt cycle, and prestarved for three to four days. Of 28 diff...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Harpaz S,Kahan D,Galun R,Moore I

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaves of Chrysanthemum morifolium cv. Ramat were extracted sequentially with hexane, ethyl acetate, and methanol. The methanol fraction, when incorporated into artificial diet was found to reduce the growth of cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni Hubner) larvae at concentrations between 500 and 5000 ppm of diet. Fractiona...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Beninger CW,Abou-Zaid MM,Kistner AL,Hallett RH,Iqbal MJ,Grodzinski B,Hall JC

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical plant strengtheners find increasing use in agriculture to enhance resistance against pathogens. In an earlier study, it was found that treatment with one such resistance elicitor, BTH (benzo-(1, 2, 3)-thiadiazole-7-carbothioic acid S-methyl ester), increases the attractiveness of maize plants to a parasitic w...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Sobhy IS,Erb M,Sarhan AA,El-Husseini MM,Mandour NS,Turlings TC

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the steroidal glycoalkaloid α-tomatine in the hostplant resistance of tomato to the Colorado potato beetle,Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) was examined in short- (24 hr; using first- and fourth-instar larvae) and long-term (first-instar larvae reared through the prepupal stage) feeding experiments. Consump...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Barbour JD,Kennedy GG

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian scent marking is often associated with territorial defense. However, males and females may demonstrate different activity patterns and play different roles. Female mammals nurture the young during lactation, while males purportedly perform other tasks more frequently, such as territorial maintenance and defe...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Rosell F,Thomsen LR

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine how individual phenolic acids in a mixture might affect phosphorus (P) uptake, 15-day-old cucumber seedlings grown in solution culture were treated with ferulic, vanillic,p-coumaric, or equimolar mixtures of these phenolic acids. Phenolic acid and P uptake were determined by solution depletion. The joint ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Lyu SW,Blum U,Gerig TM,O'Brien TE

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of stink bugs to release high amounts of strong-smelling and irritating defensive compounds is related to their metathoracic gland (MTG), which is an exocrine gland with defensive, sexual, alarm and aggregation signal functions. Orsilochides leucoptera (Scutelleridae) is a widespread species in the Neotrop...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： de Melo DJ,da Silva MR,Moliterno AAC,Zarbin PHG

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used a detailed analysis of feeding behavior to investigate the role of solanaceous alkaloids as sensory-based feeding deterrents for the Colorado potato beetle,Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say). Experiments were conducted on three geographic, host-adapted populations of beetles to determine whether evolutionary chan...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Harrison GD,Mitchell BK

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary metabolites produced by endophytic microorganisms can provide benefits to host plants, such as stimulating growth and enhancing the plant's resistance toward biotic and abiotic factors. During its life, a host plant may be inhabited by many species of endophytes within a restrictive environment. This conditi...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Chagas FO,Dias LG,Pupo MT

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) have specialized feeding habits, and commonly colonize only one or a few closely related host genera in their geographical ranges. The red turpentine beetle, Dendroctonus valens LeConte, has a broad geographic distribution in North America and exploits volatile cues...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Erbilgin N,Mori SR,Sun JH,Stein JD,Owen DR,Merrill LD,Bolaños RC,Raffa KF,Montiel TM,Wood DL,Gillette NE

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Olfactory responses of 72- to 96-hr-old, 24-hr starved adult male, female, or mixed-sex groups of the red flour beetle,Tribolium castaneum (Herbst), to volatiles from wheat and millet kernels, certain milled fractions, and solvent extracts were recorded by using a lightsensitive apparatus. Wheat-germ volatiles from in...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Seifelnasr YE,Hopkins TL,Mills RB

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latex occurs in 10% of plant families, has evolved independently many times, and is the most effective defense of milkweeds against its chewing herbivores. Here we report on new experiments on the heritability and inducibility of latex in several milkweed species. In addition, we review what is known about the genetic...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Agrawal AA,Hastings AP

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical composition of some volatile (2-heptanol) and nonvolatile constituents (a homologous 9-alkene/alkane series) of Mormolyca ringens flowers and Scaptotrigona sp. queen waxes (homologous 9-alkene/alkane series) and cephalic extracts (homologous series of 2-alkanols, including 2-heptanol) involved with the ps...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Flach A,Marsaioli AJ,Singer RB,Amaral Mdo C,Menezes C,Kerr WE,Batista-Pereira LG,Corrêa AG

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The milfoil weevil Euhrychiopsis lecontei is a specialist aquatic herbivore that feeds, oviposits, and mates on the invasive freshwater macrophyte Myriophyllum spicatum. We characterized the weevil's preference for M. spicatum, and through bioassay-driven fractionation, isolated and identified two chemicals released b...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Marko MD,Newman RM,Gleason FK

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaf volatiles convey information about a plant to other organisms in their proximity. Despite increasing interest in understanding the relevance of volatile emissions for particular ecological interactions, there has been relatively little effort to assess generally what information volatile profiles transmit. We sur...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Pearse IS,Gee WS,Beck JJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00