Contact sex pheromone components of the cowpea weevil, Callosobruchus maculatus.

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：:The subsocial tenebrionid Parastizopus armaticeps Pér. is parasitized by the closely related Eremostibes opacus Koch (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). We found that the pygidial defensive secretions of both species are similar and contain a mixture of 1,4-benzoquinones, 1-alkenes, and monoterpene hydrocarbons. The 1-alkene...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Geiselhardt S,Szepat T,Rasa OA,Peschke K

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical mimicry is an effective strategy when signal receivers recognize and discriminate models by relying on chemical cues. Some aphid enemies mimic the cuticular chemicals of aphids through various means thus avoiding detection and attack by aphid-tending ants. However, because ants have been reported to learn the...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Hayashi M,Nomura M,Nakamuta K

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cucurbitacins are oxygenated tetracyclic triterpenoids produced as secondary plant compounds by nearly all genera of Cucurbitaceae. The very bitter and toxic cucurbitacins are effective semiochemicals acting ecologically as allomones to protect the Cucurbitaceae from attack by a variety of invertebrate and vertebr...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Metcalf RL

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a large number of studies on herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs), little is known about which specific compounds are used by natural enemies to locate prey- or host- infested plants. In addition, the role of HIPVs in attracting natural enemies has been restricted largely to agricultural systems. Differen...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Gols R,Bullock JM,Dicke M,Bukovinszky T,Harvey JA

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The significance of the geminal dimethyl group at C-6 of (+)-trans-veibenyl acetate (Ib), a sex pheromone mimic of the American cockroach, was investigated. Our interest was first directed to eliminating either methyl group of the geminal dimethyl group. Consequently, alcohols (IIIa and IVa) possessing a monomethyl gr...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Manabe S,Takayanagi H,Nishino C

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical quality of forage may determine landscape use and habitat quality for some herbivorous species. However, studies that investigate the relationship between foliar chemistry and foraging choices in wild vertebrates are rare. Petauroides volans (the greater glider) is unique among Australian marsupial folivo...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Youngentob KN,Wallis IR,Lindenmayer DB,Wood JT,Pope ML,Foley WJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aim of establishing whether the oxidation of the tricyclic carbon skeleton of scalaradial (1) is specific to Glossodoris mollusks, the chemical investigation of specimens of Glossodoris pallida from two distinct geographical areas (China and Guam) and of Glossodoris vespa and Glossodoris averni from Eastern A...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Manzo E,Gavagnin M,Somerville MJ,Mao SC,Ciavatta ML,Mollo E,Schupp PJ,Garson MJ,Guo YW,Cimino G

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flehmen (or "lipcurl") is a response of male mammals primarily to female urine, performed primarily during the reproductive season. To elucidate the components of female urine that release the Flehmen, urine of black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) was fractionated, and the fractions were presented to ca...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Crump D,Swigar AA,West JR,Silverstein RM,Müller-Schwarze D,Altieri R

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brown treesnakes are an invasive species to the island of Guam that have caused extensive ecological and economic damage. Efforts to control the snake population have included trapping using live mouse lures, but for logistical and economic reasons a synthetic lure is needed. When searching for live food, brown treesn...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Jojola-Elverum SM,Shivik JA,Clark L

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arboreal marsupials consume terpenes in quantities that are toxic to other mammals, indicating that they possess special detoxification mechanisms. The metabolic fate of dietary terpenes was studied in the common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus). Three animals were fedEucalyptus radiata leaf for 10 days. Lea...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： McLean S,Foley WJ,Davies NW,Brandon S,Duo L,Blackman AJ

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of brief pheromone exposures on responses of codling moth (Cydia pomonella L.) males was tested by flight-tunnel and electroantennogram (EAG) studies. Males were preexposed to pheromone for up to 3 min as they sat in release cages or for shorter times (a few seconds to several min) upon initiating flights o...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Stelinski LL,Gut LJ,Miller JR

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coupled gas chromatographic (GC)-electroantennographic detection (EAD) analyses of ovipositor extract of calling Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor, females revealed that seven compounds elicited responses from male antennae. Four of the compounds-(2S)-tridec-2-yl acetate, (2S,10Z)-10-tridecen-2-yl acetate, (2S,10E)-10...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Andersson MN,Haftmann J,Stuart JJ,Cambron SE,Harris MO,Foster SP,Franke S,Francke W,Hillbur Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fire ant, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), is considered one of the most aggressive and invasive species in the world. Toxic bait systems are used widely for control, but they also affect non-target ant species and cannot be used in sensitive ecosystems such as organic farms and national parks. The fi...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Suckling DM,Stringer LD,Bunn B,El-Sayed AM,Vander Meer RK

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lizards communicate with others via chemical signals, the composition of which may vary among species. Although the selective pressures and constraints affecting chemical signal diversity at the species level remain poorly understood, the possible role of diet has been largely neglected. The chemical signals of many l...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Baeckens S,García-Roa R,Martín J,Van Damme R

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) uses the secretion of the chin gland to maintain dominance hierarchies in the wild. Recent work has investigated changes in the secretion when social status is manipulated in the rabbit. When a rabbit becomes dominant, a new compound appears in his secretion, 2-phenoxyethano...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Hayes RA,Richardson BJ,Wyllie SG

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The raspberry cane midge, Resseliella theobaldi, is a widespread pest of cultivated red raspberry in Europe. Pheromone-baited traps could provide a much-needed, accurate means to monitor the pest. Volatiles collected separately from virgin female and male midges were analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) coupled to mass...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Hall DR,Farman DI,Cross JV,Pope TW,Ando T,Yamamoto M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In laboratory experiments conducted to compare the kairomonal activity forMicroplitis croceipes (Cresson) of frass fromHeliothis zea (Boddie) larvae fed on different host plants,M. croceipes females responded to extracts of frass from larvae reared on cotton or soybeans but not on corn. The lack of response to frass f...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Nordlund DA,Ed Sauls C

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to compare the chemistry of elaiosomes of three sympatric species ofTrillium to discover if there are correlations between chemistry and dispersal rates by ants. We quantified the amount of proteins and neutral lipids and qualitatively analyzed the fatty acids occurring in triglyceride, diglyce...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Lanza J,Schmitt MA,Awad AB

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The symbiotic fungus Amylostereum areolatum is essential for growth and development of larvae of the invasive woodwasp, Sirex noctilio. In the nutrient poor xylem of pine trees, upon which Sirex feeds, it is unknown whether Amylostereum facilitates survival directly through consumption (mycetophagy) and/or indirectly ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Thompson BM,Grebenok RJ,Behmer ST,Gruner DS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urine of male house mice, Mus musculus, is known to have primer pheromone effects on the reproductive physiology of female mice. Urine-mediated releaser pheromone effects that trigger certain behavioral responses are much less understood, and no field studies have investigated whether urine deposits by male or female ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Musso AE,Gries R,Zhai H,Takács S,Gries G

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative activities of 10 glucosinolates in stimulating oviposition byP. rapae andP. napi oleracea were compared under the same conditions. When tested at the same concentration, the structurally different glucosinolates stimulated both butterfly species to widely varying degrees. In most cases,P. rapae was more s...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Huang X,Renwick JA

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The olfactory discrimination ability in a fruit-eating bat,Carollia perspicillata, was investigated. In a food-rewarded flight training procedure, four animals were taught to choose one of two odors simultaneously presented in a three-choice apparatus.Carollia chose the odor of ripe banana over that of unripe banana i...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Laska M

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female cowpea weevils,Callosobruchus maculatus, produce a sex pheromone that elicits orientation and sexual behavior in males. Bioassay-directed isolation of the sex pheromone was conducted and compounds in the active fraction were identified and synthesized. Volatiles were collected from individual virgin females by ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Phillips TW,Phillips JK,Webster FX,Tang R,Burkholder WE

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Termite colonies are almost always founded by a pair of winged dispersers, in spite of the high costs and low success rates inherent in independent colony foundation. The dispersal flights of imagoes from natal colonies are followed by mate search, mediated by sex-pairing pheromones. Here, we studied the chemistry of ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Dolejšová K,Křivánek J,Kalinová B,Hadravová R,Kyjaková P,Hanus R

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aphids have long been recognized as good phytochemists. They are small sap-feeding plant herbivores with complex life cycles that can involve cyclical parthenogenesis and seasonal host plant alternation, and most are plant specialists. Aphids have distinctive traits for identifying and exploiting their host plants, in...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Abbot P,Tooker J,Lawson SP

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Roots of the carrot cultivars Vertou L.D. (resistant) and Long Chantenay (susceptible) were subjected to detailed chemical analysis to identify extracts and compounds influencing larval host-finding (preference/non-preference) behavior and to compare concentrations of these compounds in resistant and susceptible culti...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Maki A,Kitajima J,Abe F,Stewart G,Ryan MF

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By emitting scent resembling that of organic material suitable for oviposition and/or consumption by flies, sapromyophilous flowers use these flies as pollinators. To date, intensive scent analyses of such flowers have been restricted to Apocynaceae, Annonaceae, and Araceae. Recent studies have suggested that the wide...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Chen G,Jürgens A,Shao L,Liu Y,Sun W,Xia C

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis ofChelone glabra (Scrophulariaceae) by gas chromatography showed that leaves of this plant contained primarily the iridoid glycoside catalpol, and in a few individuals some aucubin was also detected. There was no difference in the iridoid glycoside content of damaged compared to undamaged plants, nor was ther...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Bowers MD,Boockvar K,Collinge SK

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00