Kairomonal response of the parasitoid, Bracon hebetor Say, to the male-produced sex pheromone of its host, the greater Waxmoth, Galleria mellonella (L.).

abstract：:In nature, Papilio polytes utilizes a limited range of rutaceous plants as hosts. We isolated and identified oviposition stimulants for the butterfly from the foliage of its primary host plant Toddalia asiatica. Females readily deposited eggs in response to a methanolic extract of the plant. Partition of the extract w...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Nakayama T,Honda K,Omura H,Hayashi N

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rice stalk stink bug, Tibraca limbativentris, is an important rice pest in Brazil with a high invasive potential for Mexico and the USA. The sex pheromone of this species was previously identified as a combination of two stereoisomers of 1,10-bisaboladien-3-ol (zingiberenol), but the absolute configurations of the...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Blassioli-Moraes MC,Khrimian A,Michereff MFF,Magalhães DM,Hickel E,de Freitas TFS,Barrigossi JAF,Laumann RA,Silva AT,Guggilapu SD,Silva CC,Sant'Ana J,Borges M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Olfactometer bioassays showed that odors from mature Thyanta perditor males attracted females but not males. Furthermore, odors from females did not attract either sex, indicating that like other phytophagous pentatomid bugs, the males produce a sex pheromone. Attraction appeared to peak in late afternoon to evening. ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Moraes MC,Millar JG,Laumann RA,Sujii ER,Pires CS,Borges M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jasmonic acid (JA) is a key molecule initiating plant defensive responses to herbivory. Our previous work has shown that this phytohormone is often present at high concentrations in eggs and neonates of lepidopteran species. In this work, we document the concentrations of JA found in various tissues of larval H. vires...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Tooker JF,De Moraes CM

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetic, propionic, butyric, isobutyric, valeric, and isovaleric acids have been identified in extracts of the excreta of the house cricket,Acheta domesticus (L.), by gas-liquid chromatography. Solutions of propionic acid applied to filter paper aggregated 1- to 2-week-old larvae, while solutions of acetic, butyric, va...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： McFarlane IE,Steeves E,Alli I

更新日期：1983-09-01 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：:Parasitoids respond to volatiles that plants produce when injured by herbivores. A considerable body of literature addresses the chemical pathways of herbivore-induced volatile production. However, there is almost no theory or data on how timing of volatile release in relationship to host availability for parasitizati...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Puente ME,Kennedy GG,Gould F

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The allelopathic interaction between sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] and 10 species of grass and broadleaf weeds was investigated. Germination of weed seeds was slightly inhibited or stimulated, depending on species, when incubated in closed Petri dishes with germinating sorghum. Subsequent radicle and hypocotyl...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Panasiuk O,Bills DD,Leather GR

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anal (proctodeal) glands of maleMicrotus agrestis housed in social isolation undergo severe atrophy. Their weight and volume is significantly lower than those of the stock control males. The atrophied glands can be revived by subjecting deprived voles to various social odors. Atrophied glands of isolated males do not ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Khan TY,Stoddart DM

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many insect pests have evolved resistance to insecticides. Along with this evolution, the sex pheromone communication system of insects also may change, and subsequently reproductive isolation may occur between resistant and susceptible populations. In this study of the diamondback moth, we found that resistant female...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Xu Z,Cao GC,Dong SL

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we examined the role of sorghum flavonoids in providing resistance against corn leaf aphid (CLA) Rhopalosiphum maidis. In sorghum, accumulation of these flavonoids is regulated by a MYB transcription factor, yellow seed1 (y1). Functional y1 alleles accumulate 3-deoxyflavonoids (3-DFs) and 3-deoxyanthocya...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Kariyat RR,Gaffoor I,Sattar S,Dixon CW,Frock N,Moen J,De Moraes CM,Mescher MC,Thompson GA,Chopra S

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Olfactometric bioassays showed that nymphs of crowded desert locusts,Schistocerca gregaria, aggregated in response to volatiles derived from their feces and to volatiles emitted from the feces of young adults, but were indifferent to volatiles emitted by older adult feces. On the other hand, young and older adults wer...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Obeng-Ofori D,Torto B,Njagi PG,Hassanali A,Amiani H

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：:Pharmacophagy of methyl eugenol (ME)--a highly potent male attractant, by Bactrocera papayae results in the hydroxylation of ME to sex pheromonal components, 2-ally-4,5-dimethoxyphenol (DMP) and (E)-coniferyl alcohol (CF). These compounds, which are also male attractants, are then sequestered and stored in the rectal ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Hee AK,Tan KH

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Repellency and toxicity of 8 essential oils (vetiver grass, cassia leaf, clove bud, cedarwood, Eucalyptus globules, Eucalyptus citrodora, lemongrass and geranium) were evaluated against the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki. Vetiver oil proved the most effective repellent because of its lon...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Zhu BC,Henderson G,Chen F,Fei H,Laine RA

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crude extracts of root of the forage legumesLotus pedunculatus andCoronilla varia (crownvetch) were toxic when administered orally to 3rd instarCostelytra zealandica larvae. A group of 3-nitropropanoyl-D-glucopyranoses was isolated from active fractions of the crude extracts. These toxins, some of which were already k...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Hutchins RF,Sutherland OR,Gnanasunderam C,Greenfield WJ,Williams EM,Wright HJ

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroidal glycoalkaloids, found in species of the Solanaceae, elicit bursting activity in galeal and tarsal chemosensilla of adult Colorado potato beetles. The effect has an average latency of 6-12 sec, depending on the sensillum/alkaloid combination. A 20-sec alkaloid treatment is often suffficient to render galeal s...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Mitchell BK,Harrison GD

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroantennogram techniques were used to elucidate antennal olfactory response of male and female boll weevils to a dilution series of grandlure, its components, and some vicinal dimethyl analogs. At higher concentrations, response to the mixture of the two aldehyde components of grandlure was significantly higher t...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Gutmann A,Payne TL,Roberts EA,Schulte-Elte KH,Giersch W,Ohloff G

更新日期：1981-11-01 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：:The effects of coumarin on the length, diameter, and branching density of different root types in maize seedlings (Zea mays L. cv. Cecilia) were investigated. The maize root system represents a useful model for morphological studies, as it consists of radicle, seminal, and nodal roots whose origin and development are ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Abenavoli MR,Sorgonà A,Albano S,Cacco G

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sterol acquisition by soilborne plant pathogens of the genus Phytophthora is presumed to involve extracellular proteins belonging to class-I elicitins. However, little is known about the relationship between sterol availability and elicitin secretion. The objective of this study was to determine the expression of clas...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Yousef LF,Yousef AF,Mymryk JS,Dick WA,Dick RP

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coccinellid beetles contain a variety of defensive alkaloids that render them unpalatable to predators. Epilachna paenulata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is a South American ladybird beetle that feeds on plants of the Cucurbitaceae family. The defensive chemistry of E. paenulata has been characterized as a mixture of sy...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Camarano S,González A,Rossini C

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:By utilizing one- and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance techniques, the complete assignments of the proton and carbon spectra of the lactones anastrephin, epianastrephin, and suspensolide have been accomplished. These compounds are pheromone components for both the Caribbean and Mexican fruit flies. The relat...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Baker JD,Heath RR

更新日期：1993-07-01 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：: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：:Tannins, a diverse group of water-soluble phenolics with high affinity to proteins, are widely distributed in various parts of plants, and have negative effects in herbivores after ingestion. Some mammalian species are thought to counteract tannins by secreting tannin-binding salivary proteins (TBSPs). Several types o...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Shimada T

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：: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：: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