4-methylquinazoline is a minor component of the male sex pheromone in Nasonia vitripennis.

abstract：:The Yunnan pine caterpillar Dendrolimus houi Lajonquière is a serious defoliator of coniferous forests in southwestern China. Gas chromatography-electroantennography (GC-EAG) analyses of extracts of female sex pheromone glands of D. houi moths revealed the presence of three compounds eliciting antennal responses. Thes...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Kong XB,Zhang Z,Zhao CH,Wang HB

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hexane extracts of leaves of 307 accessions from 73 host plant species ofHelicoverpa zea were analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and used forH. zea oviposition and neonate larvae orientation bioassays. The gas chromatographic (GC) retention times of compounds statistically associated with behavioral activity were ide...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Breeden DC,Young TE,Coates RM,Juvik JA

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Responses ofRhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) (Diptera: Tephritidae) flies to host fruit visual stimuli (apples or models of apples) and chemical stimuli (synthetic apple volatile blend) were studied in semidwarf field-caged apple trees. Three different fruit or model densities (1, 4, or 16 fruit or models/ tree) and two o...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Aluja M,Prokopy RJ

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brassicaceae plants are nonmycorrhizal. They were found to inhibit VA mycorrhizal infection in their host plants. We tested if they can influence growth of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi. When roots and leaves of Brassicaceae plants and ECM fungi were cultured together in the same petri dishes, the root exudates of turni...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Zeng RS,Mallik AU,Setliff E

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane feeding studies were conducted to determine the effects of raw juices and chemical extracts of leaves of aphid-resistant (ICV-12) and aphid-susceptible (ICV-1) cultivars of cowpea [Vigna unguiculata L. (Walp.)], on the survival, growth, and reproduction of cowpea aphidAphis craccivora Koch. Life table and dem...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Annan IB,Tingey WM,Schaefers GA,Saxena KN

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pear barkminer moth, Spulerina astaurota Meyrick (Gracillariidae: Gracillariinae), is a harmful pest of the Asian-pear tree. Pheromone components of the female were analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) with an electroantennographic (EAG) detector and GC coupled with mass spectrometry. The analyses of a crude pherom...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Do ND,Ohbayashi K,Naka H,Nakada K,Ando T

更新日期：2011-11-01 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 major volatile components in the extract of the female sex pheromone gland ofAmorbia cuneana consisted of (E,E)- and (E,Z)-10,12-tetradecadien-1-ol acetates. The identification was based on electroantennogram bioassay of gas Chromatographic effluent from sex pheromone gland extract, relative retention times on pol...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： McDonough LM,Hoffmann MP,Bierlleonhardt BA,Smithhisler CL,Bailey JB,Davis HG

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) have been increasing steadily over the last century. Plants grown under elevated CO2 conditions experience physiological changes, particularly in phytochemical content, that can influence their suitability as food for insects. Flavonoids are important plant defense compounds ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： O'Neill BF,Zangerl AR,Dermody O,Bilgin DD,Casteel CL,Zavala JA,DeLucia EH,Berenbaum MR

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:We investigated volatile infochemicals possibly involved in location of the generalist predatory mite Neoseiulus californicus to plants infested with spider mites in a Y-tube olfactometer. The predators significantly preferred volatiles from lima bean leaves infested with Tetranychus urticae to uninfested lima bean le...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Shimoda T,Ozawa R,Sano K,Yano E,Takabayashi J

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toads of the genus Bufo synthesize and accumulate bufadienolides (BDs) in their parotoid glands. BDs are cardiotonic steroids that play an important role in defense against the toads' predators. Three bufonid taxa occur in mainland Japan, Bufo japonicus formosus, B. j. japonicus, and B. torrenticola. The chemical stru...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Inoue T,Nakata R,Savitzky AH,Yoshinaga N,Mori A,Mori N

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the role of phenolic compounds, and the enzymes peroxidase and polyphenol oxidase, in the expression of resistance of coffee plants to Leucoptera coffeella (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae). The concentrations of total soluble phenols and chlorogenic acid (5-caffeoylquinic acid), and the activities of the oxidati...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Ramiro DA,Guerreiro-Filho O,Mazzafera P

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ripe fruit ofMorinda citrifolia, host plant forDrosophila sechellia is highly toxic for three closely related species (D. melanogaster, D. simulans, andD. mauritiana). Green and rotten fruits are not toxic for all species tested. Short fatty acids were found to be present in large quantities in the extract of the ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Legal L,Chappe B,Jallon JM

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bark beetleIps pini (Say) displays variation in its response to and production of enantiomeric blends of its pheromone ipsdienol. One of the principal predators ofIps pini isThanasimus dubius (F.), which uses ipsdienol as a kairomone for prey location. During 1988 and 1989, in Wisconsin and Michigan, the response ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Herms DA,Haack RA,Ayres BD

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diseases of marine organisms, and sponges in particular, are increasingly reported worldwide. Prior research indicates that the survival of sponges on reefs is due largely to their production of biologically active secondary metabolites that provide protection from a diversity of stressors. Aplysina Red Band Syndrome ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Gochfeld DJ,Kamel HN,Olson JB,Thacker RW

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of the fungus Fusarium equiseti isolated from soybean cyst nematode secretes nematode-antagonistic compounds. Bioassay-guided fractionation of an extract of the culture broth was undertaken to identify the compounds. Fractions were assayed for activity against a root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita), a p...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Nitao JK,Meyer SL,Schmidt WF,Fettinger JC,Chitwood DJ

更新日期：2001-05-01 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：:A cotton wool plug, used as the source for pheromone release, was placed in closed 1-quart Mason jars, either at the mouth or at the rear of the jar. Air sampling of the two components of the sex pheromone (total 2.2 mg at the source) of the almond moth (Ephestia cautella) female showed that the saturation period near...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Shani A

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome of plant-mediated interactions among herbivores from several feeding guilds has been studied intensively. However, our understanding on the effects of nematode root herbivory on leaf miner oviposition behavior and performance remain limited. In this study, we evaluated whether Meloidogyne incognita root he...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Arce CC,Machado RA,Ribas NS,Cristaldo PF,Ataíde LM,Pallini Â,Carmo FM,Freitas LG,Lima E

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The attractiveness of different synthetic host odors and a synthetic aggregation pheromone (grandisoic acid [GA]) to overwintered adult plum curculios (PCs), Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), was examined using two types of traps (sticky panels and black pyramids) placed in border areas surr...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Piñero JC,Prokopy RJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ontogeny of the five queen mandibular gland semiochemicals that initiate and maintain the retinue behavior of worker honeybees was investigated by quantitative splitless capillary gas chromatography. No detectable pheromone is present at the time of eclosion, but decenoic acid levels build up rapidly during the fi...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Slessor KN,Kaminski LA,King GG,Winston ML

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Racemicezo-brevicomin, racemic frontalin, and myrcene were released at two proportions (5∶1∶400 and 1∶1∶1), each at three levels (1 ×, 10 ×, and 100 ×) in a ponderosa pine forest in central California. The 5∶1∶400 mix was based on an estimate of the relative amounts released from a ponderosa pine under attack by the w...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Tilden PE,Bedard WD

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two major components from pheromone gland extracts of Synanthedon haitangvora females were identified as (Z,Z)-3,13-octadecadienyl acetate (Z3,Z13-18:OAc) and (E,Z)-2,13-octadecadienyl acetate (E2,Z13-18:OAc), and the average ratio of these components was about 1:1. Seven minor components, (Z)-9-hexadecenyl acetate (Z...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Yang CY,Kim J,Kang TJ,Jeon HY

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypericin, an anthrone dimer inHypericum perforatum (Guttiferae), is shown for the first time to be phototoxic to generalist lepidopteran larvae; survivorship was reduced and development prolonged forHeliothis zea (Noctuidae) andPlatynota flavedana (Tortricidae) that consumed hypericin diets in the presence of light. ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Sandberg SL,Berenbaum MR

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of the lipid extract of the Australian chrysomelid beetle,Monolepta australis, has revealed a novel homologous series of long-chain, unsaturated-saturated dialkyl ethers in the cuticular wax. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, proton magnetic resonance, infrared spectroscopy, and chemical degradation ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Southwell IA,Stiff IA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The silkworm Bombyx mori is a molecular genetic model for the Lepidoptera. Its odorant receptor genes have been described, and preliminary studies suggest that several are expressed specifically in the larval caterpillar stage. This study was undertaken to identify olfactory behaviors specific to the larvae. A two-cho...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Mooney AC,Robertson HM,Wanner KW

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted defoliation experiments with 7- to 8-year-old clones of Douglas fir [Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco var. glauca] to assess the role of monoterpenes as a resistance mechanism to western spruce budworm (Choristoneura occidentalis Freeman) defoliation. The grafted clones were derived from mature trees ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Chen Z,Kolb TE,Clancy KM

更新日期：2002-05-01 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：:A previous study showed that Sitka black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) consumption was negatively correlated with monoterpene content in western redcedar (Thuja plicata). To test whether these monoterpenes were deterrent to Sitka black-tailed deer, we performed feeding choice experiments with four hydroc...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Vourc'h G,De Garine-Wichatitsky M,Labbé A,Rosolowski D,Martin JL,Fritz H

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00