Development and evaluation of systems to collect volatile semiochemicals from insects and plants using a charcoal-infused medium for air purification.

abstract：:The structure elucidation of sex pheromones of Lepidoptera by a solid-sample injection technique in conjunction with capillary gas chromatography is described. The applicability of this method in GC and GC-MS modes was demonstrated by reanalyzing the sex attractants of females ofOstrinia nubilalis andBombyx mori. The ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Attygalle AB,Herrig M,Vostrowsky O,Bestmann HJ

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male olive fruit fly attraction to the four synthetic components of the female sex attractant pheromone was studied under laboratory and field conditions. In laboratory tests males responded to all four components tested separately. Component I, (1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecane) was more attractive than any of the remaini...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Mazomenos BE,Haniotakis GE

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four litters of king snakes (Lampropeltis getulus), a snake-eating species, were tested for responses to chemicals from colubrid and crotaline snakes. King snakes presented with swabs rubbed against the dorsal skin of living snakes and with swabs treated with methylene chloride extracts of shed snake skins tongue-flic...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Weldon PJ,Schell FM

更新日期：1984-10-01 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：: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：:During development of figs on Ficus hispida, only the female floral stage is receptive to its pollinator Ceratosolen solmsi marchali. After this stage, the quantity of fig odor decreases. The effects of F. hispida volatiles from receptive figs (figs at the female floral stage, when they are pollinated) and interfloral...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Chen C,Song Q

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistant willow (Salix viminalis L.) genotypes react with a rapid hypersensitive response (HR) when attacked by the gall midge Dasineura marginemtorquens Bremi. In general, infected plant genotypes or species that react hypersensitively to pathogens accumulate salicylic acid (SA) locally and systemically. Thus, patho...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Ollerstam O,Larsson S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis by gas chromatography (GC) and GC-mass spectroscopy disclosed that droplets of anal fluid produced by second-instar western flower thrips,Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), contain a two-component alarm pheromone, comprised of decyl acetate and dodecyl acetate, in a molar ratio o...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Teerling CR,Pierce HD Jr,Borden JH,Gillespie DR

更新日期：1993-04-01 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：:Feeding by herbivorous insects may change photosynthetic activity of host plants. We studied how feeding and oviposition by herbivorous stink bugs, Murgantia histrionica and Nezara viridula (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), affect photosynthetic parameters of Brassica oleracea (savoy cabbage) and Phaseolus vulgaris (French...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Velikova V,Salerno G,Frati F,Peri E,Conti E,Colazza S,Loreto F

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae: Meliponini) represent a highly diverse group of social bees confined to the world's tropics and subtropics. They show a striking diversity of structural and behavioral adaptations and are important pollinators of tropical plants. Despite their diversity and functional importance, t...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Leonhardt SD

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：:Avoidance of occupied ovisposition sites supposes that females perceive information related to their own progency. Fatty acids identified from egg extracts have been reevaluated using a different extraction method, and we have investigated the dose-dependent oviposition response of European grape vine moths (Lobesia b...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Gabel B,Thiéry D

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a flexible, moderately priced, behavioral analysis system which has been used to determine the response of salmonids to certain olfactory stimulants. The system, which we call ITS for interactive computer-video tracking system, consists of a 128K Apple IIe computer with software, a video camera and v...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Royce-Malmgren CH,Watson WH 3rd

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The female parasitic waspCotesia kariyai discriminated between the volatiles of corn leaves infested by younger host larvaePseudaletia separata (first to fourth instar) and uninfested leaves in a Y-tube olfactometer; the wasps were attracted to the infested leaves. In contrast, when corn plants were infested by the la...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Takabayashi J,Takahashi S,Dicke M,Posthumus MA

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sex pheromone of the hibiscus flower borer Rehimena surusalis (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) was analyzed by gas chromatography with electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) and GC-mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Three EAD-active components were found in crude pheromone gland extracts of calling females. GC/MS and G...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Honda H,Yamasaki R,Sumiuchi Y,Uehara T,Matsuyama S,Ando T,Naka H

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown the occurrence of plant derived pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) in retail honeys and pollen loads, but little is known about how these compounds influence the fitness of foraging honey bees. In feeding experiments, we tested a mix of tertiary PAs and the corresponding N-oxides from Senecio vern...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Reinhard A,Janke M,von der Ohe W,Kempf M,Theuring C,Hartmann T,Schreier P,Beuerle T

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex attractant pheromones are highly sensitive and selective tools for detecting and monitoring populations of insects, yet there has been only one reported case of pheromones being used to monitor protected species. Here, we report the identification and synthesis of the sex pheromone of a protected European moth spe...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Millar JG,McElfresh JS,Romero C,Vila M,Marí-Mena N,Lopez-Vaamonde C

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MaleGrapholitha molesta hairpencil components are ethyltrans-cinnamate, mellein, methyl jasmonate, and methyl 2-epijasmonate. The natural behavioral effect elicited by hairpencil-displaying males during courtship in attracting sex-pheromone-releasing females from several centimeters away can be duplicated by mixtures ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Nishida R,Baker TC,Roelofs WL

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have addressed how chemosensation may be impaired by chemical alterations of the environment and anthropogenic disturbance. Humic acid (HA) is a pervasive, naturally occurring organic derivative found in aquatic and terrestrial environments; human activity, however, can lead to elevated levels of HA. Recen...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Fabian NJ,Albright LB,Gerlach G,Fisher HS,Rosenthal GG

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caenorhabditis elegans, a bacterivorous nematode, lives in complex rotting fruit, soil, and compost environments, and chemical interactions are required for mating, monitoring population density, recognition of food, avoidance of pathogenic microbes, and other essential ecological functions. Despite being one of the b...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Kaplan F,Badri DV,Zachariah C,Ajredini R,Sandoval FJ,Roje S,Levine LH,Zhang F,Robinette SL,Alborn HT,Zhao W,Stadler M,Nimalendran R,Dossey AT,Brüschweiler R,Vivanco JM,Edison AS

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：:Information processing in the olfactory pathway underlying the perception of semiochemicals by insects is discussed. Both the chemical message for mates and the message for food consist of blends of chemicals. Olfactory receptors in an insect species are tuned to the detection of those compounds which comprise such ch...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Visser JH,de Jong R

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(E)-11-Hexadecen-1-yl acetate and (E)-11-hexadecen-1-ol were identified in extracts from the abdominal pheromone gland of femaleSceliodes cordalis and in a 1∶1 ratio acted as a potent field attractant for males. Sustained upwind flight by males to this mixture in a wind tunnel confirmed the identity of these compounds...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Clearwater JR,Galbreath RA,Benn MH,Young H

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sasa (Sasa cernua Makino) is a very serious weed pest. Its allelopathy was studied using lettuce, wheat, timothy, and green amaranth as testing species. Cultured in the rhizosphere soil ofSasa cernua, the seedlings were inhibited by 42-80% compared with the controls cultured in normal soil and vermiculite. The phenoli...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Li HH,Nishimura H,Hasegawa K,Mizutani J

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Populations ofAedes sierrensis (Ludlow) completed development in tannic acid solutions over a wide concentration range (i.e., 0-1.0 g/liter) in artificial microcosms exposed to field conditions. The most notable effects of high tannic acid concentration were to slow larval developmental rates and to reduce numbers of ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Mercer DR

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coniferyl benzoate, a secondary metabolite found in quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) and other plants, is an avian feeding deterrent of ecological and potential commercial importance. This study was conducted to determine if coniferyl benzoate is a trigeminal stimulant for birds and to ascertain if trigeminal chemo...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Jakubas WJ,Mason JR

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the mid 1990s, Phytophthora ramorum has been responsible for the widespread mortality of tanoaks, as well as several oak species throughout California and Oregon forests. However, not all trees die, even in areas with high disease pressure, suggesting that some trees may be resistant to the pathogen. In this stu...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Ockels FS,Eyles A,McPherson BA,Wood DL,Bonello P

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of a stable radical species in both fresh straw and that which had been submerged in aerated water for up to six months has been demonstrated using electron paramagnetic (spin) resonance (EPR or ESR) spectroscopy. A radical signal was associated also with material shown to contain straw lignin markers, wh...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Pillinger JM,Cooper JA,Harding CJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fleshy fruits contain a myriad of secondary metabolites that may fulfill various non-mutually exclusive ecological functions. Among them are defense against pathogens and herbivores, manipulation of frugivores' gut retention time, or controlling the germination process. In addition, it has been suggested that aroma co...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Nevo O,Heymann EW,Schulz S,Ayasse M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00