Quinone mixture as attractant for necrophagous dung beetles specialized on dead millipedes.

abstract：:Selected combinations of (Z)-5-decenyl, (Z)-7-dodecenyl, and (Z)-9-tetradecenyl acetates, the pheromone components of the turnip mothAgrotis Segetum were tested for field attractancy at six, two, and three sites in Europe, Asia, and Africa, respectively. At all of the sites in Eurasia and in northern Africa the ternar...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Tòth M,Löfstedt C,Blair BW,Cabello T,Farag AI,Hansson BS,Kovalev BG,Maini S,Nesterov EA,Pajor I,Sazonov AP,Shamshev IV,Subchev M,Szöcs G

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many parasitic wasps are attracted to volatiles that are released by plants when attacked by potential hosts. The attractiveness of these semiochemicals from damaged plants has been demonstrated in many tritrophic systems, but the physiological mechanisms underlying the insect responses are poorly understood. We recor...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Gouinguené S,Pickett JA,Wadhams LJ,Birkett MA,Turlings TC

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adoxophyes honmai, a serious pest of tea plants, prefers to lay eggs on mature tea leaves rather than young leaves. Here, we examined a hypothesis that Ascogaster reticulata, an egg-larval parasitoid of A. honmai, increases the likelihood of encountering host egg masses by searching mature tea leaves when host-derived...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Komatsuzaki S,Piyasaengthong N,Matsuyama S,Kainoh Y

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The host selection process ofBlepharipa pratensis (Meigen), a tachinid parasite of the gypsy moth,Lymantria dispar L., was investigated. Once in the host's habitat, and following contact with a recently damaged leaf edge (cut, torn, eaten), the fly orients perpendicular to the edge and moves back and forth with the fr...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Odell TM,Godwin PA

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many compounds related to (+)-bornyl acetate (a sex phero-mone mimic of the American cockroach) were synthesized and tested for sex pheromonal activity. All compounds except for esters of (+)- and (-)-borneol were inactive, whereas (+)-bornyl acetate (Ib) and propionate (Ic) showed the activity at 0.05 mg. Although (-...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Manabe S,Nishino C

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenolic compounds have been identified as the most common allelochemicals produced by higher plants. Inhibitions of cinnamic acid, its related phenolic derivatives, and abscisic acid (ABA) on seedling growth and seed germination of lettuce were studied.trans-Cinnamic acid, ando-,m-, andp-coumaric acids inhibited the ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Li HH,Inoue M,Nishimura H,Mizutani J,Tsuzuki E

更新日期：1993-08-01 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：:Larvae of the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis are known to produce an anal droplet containing decyl acetate (10Ac) and dodecyl acetate (12Ac), which act as an alarm pheromone. Analysis by GC showed that the combined mass of 10Ac and 12Ac per droplet increased with age of second instars from 2 ng to 18...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： MacDonald KM,Hamilton JG,Jacobson R,Kirk WD

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sex pheromone components of the two sibling species of the dingy cutworm that occur on the prairies of western Canada were identified in abdomen-tip extracts from calling female moths. Three monounsaturated acetates, (Z)-7-dodecenyl acetate, (Z)-9-tetradecenyl acetate, and (Z)-11-hexadecenyl acetate, are common to...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Byers JR,Struble DL

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aggregation-attachment pheromone componentso-nitrophenol (ONP) and methyl salicylate (MS) in maleAmblyomma variegatum ticks appeared after three days of feeding on the host and reached high values after about six days. Variable quantities of 1.3-7.3 μg ONP and about 0.6 μg MS were present within ticks. ONP and MS ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Diehl PA,Guerin P,Vlimant M,Steullet P

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of Paranemastoma quadripunctatum (Opiliones, Dyspnoi, Nemastomatidae) contained seven components, all of which likely originated from the secretion of well-developed prosomal scent glands. The two main components (together accounting for more than 90% of the secretion) were identified as 1,4-naphthoquinone an...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Raspotnig G,Leutgeb V,Schaider M,Komposch C

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three different methods for the culture of rumen microorganisms (Hungate's technique, the Hohenheim in vitro gas production method, and the semicontinuous rumen simulation technique) were employed to study the influence of various alkaloids (sparteine, lupanine, cytisine, atropine, quinidine, lobeline, harmaline, arec...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Aguiar R,Wink M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interdigital secretions were collected from eight male white-tailed deer of various ages. Analysis of volatiles was performed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with a modified headspace technique. Forty-six volatile compounds were found including alkanes, arenes, aldehydes, ketones, aliphatic acids, esters, pyrr...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Gassett JW,Wiesler DP,Baker AG,Osborn DA,Miller KV,Marchinton RL,Novotny M

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The larva of codling moth Cydia pomonella (Tortricidae, Lepidoptera) is known as the worm in the apple, mining the fruit for food. We here show that codling moth larvae are closely associated with yeasts of the genus Metschnikowia. Yeast is an essential part of the larval diet and further promotes larval survival by r...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Witzgall P,Proffit M,Rozpedowska E,Becher PG,Andreadis S,Coracini M,Lindblom TU,Ream LJ,Hagman A,Bengtsson M,Kurtzman CP,Piskur J,Knight A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entomophagous insects are often repelled by the secondary compounds of the plants eaten by their prey. These compounds, therefore, take on a defensive role for the phytophagous species that sequester them. Given that numerous entomophagous species are capable of learning, the effects on the foraging behavior of a repe...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Le Roux AM,Le Roux G,Thibout E

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bitter and related constituents have been isolated fromVernonia amygdalina (Compositae), a plant ingested by wild chimpanzees possibly suffering from parasite-related diseases in the Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania. Isolated from the plant were four known sesquiterpene lactones, seven new steroid glucosid...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Ohigashi H,Huffman MA,Izutsu D,Koshimizu K,Kawanaka M,Sugiyama H,Kirby GC,Warhurst DC,Allen D,Wright CW,David Phillipson J,Timon-David P,Delmas F,Elias R,Balansard G

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of the release of gossyplure, measured in the laboratory at 34.5 ± 0.5 °C, from two liquid flowable formulations are presented and discussed. The data indicate that liquid flowable formulations, defined as those formulations where the active ingredient (in this case gossyplure) is attached to a particulat...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Weatherston I,Miller D

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original version of this article unfortunately contained some mistakes. ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Marneweck C,Jürgens A,Shrader AM

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of intracellular symbionts contributing to their host has been investigated in the planthoppers,Nilaparvata lugens Stal andLaodelphax striatellus Fallen. We have found that the isolated yeastlike symbionts, identified as a member of the genusCandida, from the host's egg produce ergosterol when cultured. A com...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Eya BK,Kenny PT,Tamura SY,Ohnishi M,Naya Y,Nakanishi K,Sugiura M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feeding of theophylline to hornet workers from their moment of eclosion during the summer results in the following effects on the hornets: loss of appetite for proteins, inhibited ovarial development, no cell-building activity, negative phototaxis, gradual slow-down of spontaneous motor activity, difficulty in flight ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Ishay JS,Afek AB,Shimony TB

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most snakes and lizards produce eggs with flexible shells that interact with the environment to maintain water balance. Geckos produce rigid eggshells that are independent of an external source of water and can be oviposited in more open, dryer locations. In this study, we analyzed and compared the amino acid composit...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Sexton OJ,Bramble JE,Heisler IL,Phillips CA,Cox DL

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The field responses of English populations of the Dutch elm disease vectors,Scolytus multistriatus andS. scolytus to baits containing 4-methyl-3-heptanol, a host synergist [(-)-α-cubebene or (-)-limonene] and (±)-α-, (+)-β-, (-)-β-, (±)-γ-, or (±)-δ-multistriatin were examined. (±)-α-Multistriatin, released at 5-10 μg...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Blight MM,Fielding NJ,King CJ,Ottridge AP,Wadhams LJ,Wenham MJ

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The silkworm Bombyx mori is an oligophagous insect that feeds mainly on mulberry leaves. The olfactory system of silkworm is a good model to study olfaction in Lepidoptera. Here, we carried out shotgun proteomic analysis and MS sequencing of the silkmoth antennae. A total of 364 proteins were detected, 77 were female ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Zhao Y,Li H,Miao X

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship among physiological stress responses, fecal marking behavior, and reproduction in male and female European pine martens was investigated. Between July 2004 and June 2007, 145 fresh fecal samples were collected in a protected area of northwest Spain. Fecal DNA was used for specific identification by us...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Barja I,Silván G,Martínez-Fernández L,Illera JC

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant phenolics are crucial defense phytochemicals against herbivores and glutathione S-transferase (GST) and carboxylesterase (CarE) in herbivorous insects are well-known detoxification enzymes for such xenobiotics. To understand relationship between a plant phenolic and herbivore GST or CarE genes, we evaluated the ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Yang J,Sun XQ,Yan SY,Pan WJ,Zhang MX,Cai QN

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global climate change includes concomitant changes in many components of the abiotic flux necessary for plant life. In this paper, we investigate the combined effects of elevated CO2 (720 ppm) and temperature (+2 K) on the phytochemistry of three deciduous tree species. The analysis revealed that elevated CO(2) genera...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Veteli TO,Mattson WJ,Niemelä P,Julkunen-Tiitto R,Kellomäki S,Kuokkanen K,Lavola A

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High foliar phenolics are generally assumed to increase resistance to insect herbivores, but recent studies show that tobacco lines modified to over- and underexpress phenolics do not exhibit higher constitutive resistance to caterpillars. This is contrary to the expectation that ingestion of tobacco phenolics, partic...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Johnson KS,Felton GW

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) are important cues for natural enemies to find their hosts. HIPVs are usually present as blends and the effects of combinations of individual components are less studied. Here, we investigated plant volatiles in a tritrophic system, comprising the parasitoid wasp Lytopylus ruf...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Liu CM,Matsuyama S,Kainoh Y

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the comparative inducing effects of a phytopathogen and a herbivorous arthropod on the performance of an herbivore. Tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill., was used as the test plant, and tomato mosaic virus (ToMV) and corn earworm, Helicoverpa armigera Hübner, were used as the phytopathogen and herbivore, re...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Lin L,Shen TC,Chen YH,Hwang SY

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burying beetles of the genus Nicrophorus localize small vertebrate carcasses by emitted volatiles. The carcass that serves as reproduction and breeding site is buried in the soil by the beetles. Biparental care for offspring includes both preservation of the carrion and its preparation as diet and nursery. Buried carc...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Degenkolb T,Düring RA,Vilcinskas A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00