Olfactory discrimination ability in short-tailed fruit bat,carollia perspicillata (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae).

abstract：:We found that the searching behavior of two acarine predators,Amblyseius fallacis andPhytoseiulus macropilis, for prey,Tetranychus urticae, is affected by the following stimuli: (1) prey silk and associated feces, whose combined physical and chemical properties elicit reduction in the rate of predator movements and lo...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Hislop RG,Prokopy RJ

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tachinid flies commonly use the pheromones and allomones of stink bugs (Pentatomidae) as host-finding kairomones. Pheromone-baited traps for predaceous (Podisus spp.) and phytophagous (Euschistus spp.) pentatomids were used to obtain tachinid parasitoids in order to study the semiochemical relationships between these ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Aldrich JR,Zhang A

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A spatial-temporal model for personal computers is developed that simulates trapping of an insect population based on trap and population parameters that can be varied independently. The model allows individual "insects" to move forward at any step size with right or left turns within any specified angle taken at rand...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Byers JA

更新日期：1993-09-01 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：: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：: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：:Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) of host insects are used by many parasitic wasps as contact kairomones for host location and recognition. As the chemical composition of CHCs varies from species to species, the CHC pattern represents a reliable indicator for parasitoids to discriminate host from non-host species. Holepyr...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Awater-Salendo S,Schulz H,Hilker M,Fürstenau B

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:Volatile lipids from the mandibular gland secretions of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) are potent olfactory repellents of foraging ants (Formica, Crematogaster) in biologically relevant contexts and quantities. In contrast, differential success in capture of bee and fly prey by predatory asilid flies (Efferia), reduviid ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Cane JH

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The flower bug Orius sauteri is a generalist predator that occurs throughout Japan, and is a promising indigenous natural enemy for micro-pests such as thrips, aphids, and spider mites. We aimed to manipulate the attraction, dispersal, and settlement behavior of Orius bugs using natural chemical substances emitted by ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Uehara T,Maeda T,Shimoda M,Fujiwara-Tsujii N,Yasui H

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral bioassays have shown that volatile oviposition-deterring chemicals are present in the frass of Ostrinia zealis, O. furnacalis, O. scapulalis, and O. latipennis larvae fed on an artificial diet. These chemicals were extractable with acetone, and could be partitioned into a polar lipid fraction. This fraction...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Li G,Ishikawa Y

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors eliciting copulatory behavior in mature maleHylobius abietis were studied in the laboratory. Dead female weevils were sexually attractive, while dead mature males and pentane-extracted female weevils were not. The sexual attractiveness of dead females declined with time after death. Pentane extracts of whole f...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Tilles DA,Eidmann HH,Solbreck B

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phorodon humuli (Damson-hop aphid) is one of the major pests of hops in the northern hemisphere. It causes significant yield losses and reduces hop quality and economic value. Damson-hop aphid is currently controlled with insecticides, but the number of approved pesticides is steadily decreasing. In addition, the use ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Undas AK,Weihrauch F,Lutz A,van Tol R,Delatte T,Verstappen F,Bouwmeester H

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical compositions of anal sac secretions of seven mustelid species were examined by thin-layer chromatography, gas chromatography, and mass spectrometry. The analyses showed great similarities between species belonging to the genusMustela, i.e.,M. erminea,M. nivalis,M. vison, andM. putorius, whereasMaries mart...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Brinck C,Erlinge S,Sandell M

更新日期：1983-06-01 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：:Phlorotannins are ubiquitous secondary metabolites in brown algae that are phenotypically plastic and suggested to have multiple ecological roles. Traditionally, phlorotannins have been quantified as total soluble phlorotannins. Here, we modify a quantification procedure to measure, for the first time, the amount of c...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Koivikko R,Loponen J,Honkanen T,Jormalainen V

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antifungal activity of essential oil (EO) from the Brazilian epazote (Chenopodium ambrosioides L.) was evaluated by the poison food assay at concentrations of 0.3%, 0.1%, and 0.05% with eight postharvest deteriorating fungi (Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus glaucus, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus ochraceous, Collet...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Jardim CM,Jham GN,Dhingra OD,Freire MM

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatographic fractions of Himalayan cedarwood oil (Cedrus deodara) were bioassayed against the pulse beetle (Callosobruchus analis F.) and the housefly (Musca domestica L.). Almost all fractions showed insecticidal activity against both test species. Fractions I and V led to the highest mortality and also produced ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Singh D,Agarwal SK

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dufour's gland is the origin of the trail pheromone of Gnamptogenys striatula. Chemical analysis of the glandular extracts revealed a series of new natural products, especially esters of (2E)-3,4,7-trimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-ol (4-methylgeraniol), and (2E)-3,4,7-trimethyl-2,6-nonadien-1-ol (a bishomogeraniol isomer) wit...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Blatrix R,Schulz C,Jaisson P,Francke W,Hefetz A

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxytropis lambertii has been considered to be one of the major locoweeds responsible for livestock poisoning on rangelands, but there has been much confusion as to its taxonomic identity. The objective of this study was to conduct a field survey of several populations of each of the three varieties [var. lambertii Pur...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Ralphs MH,Welsh SL,Gardner DR

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of pheromones produced by larvae ofGlossina morsitans morsitans andG. m. centralis, respectively, which attract gravid females and result in aggregation of pupae, is confirmed. Behavioral experiments indicated that females preferred to larviposit over moist sand conditioned by previously allowing larvae t...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Saini RK,Hassanali A,Andoke J,Ahuya P,Ouma WP

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acrolepiopsis assectella andPlutella xylostella frass volatiles, trapped on Tenax GC, were examined by capillary gas chromatography. In both moths, the same three disulfides, dimethyl, dipropyl, and methyl propyl, were the most abundant substances, but in different proportions. The synthetic disulfides elicited the sa...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Auger J,Lecomte C,Paris J,Thibout E

更新日期：1989-04-01 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：:Natural rates of chemical production, release, and transport of fluid-borne molecules drive fundamental biological responses to these stimuli. The scaling of the field signaling environment to laboratory conditions recreates essential features of the dynamics and establishes ecological relevance. If appropriately scal...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Zimmer RK,Zimmer CA

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary metabolites produced by endophytic microorganisms can provide benefits to host plants, such as stimulating growth and enhancing the plant's resistance toward biotic and abiotic factors. During its life, a host plant may be inhabited by many species of endophytes within a restrictive environment. This conditi...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Chagas FO,Dias LG,Pupo MT

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

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：:Neotropical Heliconius butterflies are members of various mimicry rings characterized by diverse colour patterns. In the present study we investigated whether a similar diversity is observed in the chemistry of volatile compounds present in male wing androconia. Recent research has shown that these androconia are used...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Mann F,Vanjari S,Rosser N,Mann S,Dasmahapatra KK,Corbin C,Linares M,Pardo-Diaz C,Salazar C,Jiggins C,Schulz S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analyses of virgin female sex pheromone gland extracts and gland volatiles by GC, GC-EAD and GC-MS, followed by field trapping experiments, have identified (E)-9-dodecenyl acetate (E9-12∶Ac) as the primary sex pheromone component of the purplestriped shootworm,Zeiraphera unfortunana. Dosages of 1.0-10.0 μg ofE9-12...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Silk PJ,Butterworth EW,Kuenen LP,Northcott CJ,Kettela EG

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An apparatus was developed for investigating the release rates of pheromone formulations at temperatures and air velocities that correspond with those in the field. Polyurethane foam proved an excellent adsorbent for the recovery of tetradecen-1-ol acetates, allowing high air flows at low differential pressure and wit...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： van der Kraan C,Ebbers A

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to 2-methyl-4-heptanone, 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one, and iridodials, the anal gland exudate of the dolichoderine ant,Tapinoma simrothi, contains 4-heptanone and 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-pentanone. The secretion functions as an alarm pheromone. ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Hefetz A,Lloyd HA

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00