Aggregation of larvae of the house cricket,Acheta domesticus (L.), by propionic acid present in the excreta.

abstract：:The pattern of variation in gross cardenolide concentration of 111Asclepias speciosa plants collected in six different areas of California is a positively skewed distribution which ranges from 19 to 344 μg of cardenolide per 0.1 g dry weight with a mean of 90 μg per 0.1 g. Butterflies reared individually on these plan...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Brower LP,Seiber JN,Nelson CJ,Lynch SP,Holland MM

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Boron (B) deficiency is a common micronutrient deficiency that has been reported to affect the phenolic metabolism of plants. Thus, it may play a role in defense against herbivorous animals. However, the role of B in a plant's resistance to herbivores has not received any particular attention from researchers. In this...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Ruuhola T,Leppänen T,Julkunen-Tiitto R,Rantala MJ,Lehto T

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：:Locoweeds are Astragalus and Oxytropis species that contain the toxic alkaloid swainsonine. Swainsonine accumulates in all parts of the plant with the highest concentrations found in the above ground parts. A fungal endophyte, Undifilum oxytropis, found in locoweed plant species, is responsible for the synthesis of sw...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Cook D,Gardner DR,Ralphs MH,Pfister JA,Welch KD,Green BT

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analyses of virgin female sex pheromone gland extracts by gas chromatography (GC), GC-electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) and GC-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) followed by field-trapping experiments, have identified (E)-9-tetradecenyl acetate (E9-14:Ac) as the primary sex pheromone component of the spruce budmoth,...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

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

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work reports the development and use of techniques for characterizing volatile chemicals emitted by the multicolored Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), in an effort to identify the semiochemicals involved in establishment and persistence of overwintering beetle aggregations...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Brown AE,Riddick EW,Aldrich JR,Holmes WE

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：:Chlorophylls, the most prominent natural pigments, are part of the daily diet of herbivorous insects. The spectrum of ingested and digested chlorophyll metabolites compares well to the pattern of early chlorophyll-degradation products in senescent plants. Intact chlorophyll is rapidly degraded by proteins in the front...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Badgaa A,Büchler R,Wielsch N,Walde M,Heintzmann R,Pauchet Y,Svatos A,Ploss K,Boland W

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sex pheromone of the western hemlock looper (WHL),Lambdina fiscellaria lugubrosa (Hulst), comprises three methylated hydrocarbons: 5,11-dimethylheptadecane (5,11), 2,5-dimethylheptadecane (2,5), and 7-methylheptadecane (7). Compounds extracted from female pheromone glands were identified by coupled gas chromatogra...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Gries G,Gries R,Krannitz SH,Li J,King GG,Slessor KN,Borden JH,Bowers WW,West RJ,Underhill EW

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble sugars are essential nutrients generally perceived as phagostimulants to most insects studied. However, tannins are known as digestibility reducers, hence deleterious to caterpillar development, and as deterrents as well. Previous work demonstrated that larvae of the polyphagous oblique-banded leafroller, Chor...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Panzuto M,Mauffette Y,Alber PJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 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

abstract：:The genetic nature of pheromone variation within species has rarely been studied, and never for male-produced long-range pheromones. Males from western North American populations of Ips pini produce predominantly (R)-(-)-ipsdienol, whereas those from eastern North American populations produce higher proportions of (S)...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Domingue MJ,Starmer WT,Teale SA

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three allelochemicals from rye or its breakdown products were evaluated for activity on garden cress (Lepidum sativum L.), barnyardgrass [Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauv.], cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.), and snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). 2,4-Dihydroxy-1,4(2H)-benzoxazin-3-one (DIBOA), 2(3H)-benzoxazolinone (BOA...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Chase WR,Nair MG,Putnam AR

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sex pheromone of the obscure mealybug, Pseudococcus viburni, consists of (1R*,2R*,3S*)-(2,3,4,4-tetramethylcyclopentyl)methyl acetate, the first example of a new monoterpenoid structural motif in which the two isoprene units forming the carbon skeleton are joined by 2'-2 and 3'-4 connections rather than the usual ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Millar JG,Midland SL,McElfresh JS,Daane KM

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous analyses of the scent gland secretions of snakes have focused on the nonvolatile components. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of secretions from North American garter snakes (Thamnophis butleri, T. couchi, T. elegans, T. melanogaster, andT. sirtalis) indicated the following seven major volatile components...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Wood WF,Parker JM,Weldon PJ

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzoxazolinone detoxification is similar in plants grown under sulfur deficiency conditions and in control plants grown with an optimal S supply. However, when S-deficient plants were treated with metolachlor before benzoxazolin-2(3H)-one (BOA) incubation, detoxification was reduced, as indicated by a lower accumulat...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Knop M,Pacyna S,Voloshchuk N,Kant S,Müllenborn C,Steiner U,Kirchmair M,Scherer HW,Schulz M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metapleural gland is exclusive to ants, and unusual among exocrine glands in having no mechanism for closure and retention of secretion. As yet, no clear conclusion has been reached as to the function of metapleural gland secretion. Metapleural gland secretions were investigated for fungus-growing ants representin...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Vieira AS,Morgan ED,Drijfhout FP,Camargo-Mathias MI

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：:The tropical rainforest shrub Piper cenocladum, which is normally defended against herbivores by a mutualistic ant, contains three amides that have various defensive functions. While the ants are effective primarily against specialist herbivores, we hypothesized that these secondary compounds would be effective agains...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Dyer LA,Dodson CD,Stireman JO 3rd,Tobler MA,Smilanich AM,Fincher RM,Letourneau DK

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus subtilis strains are known to produce a vast array of antimicrobial compounds. However, some compounds remain to be identified. Disk assays performed in vitro with Bacillus subtilis CU12 showed a significant reduction in mycelial growth of Alternaria solani, Botrytis cinerea, Fusarium sambucinum, and Pythium ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Wise C,Novitsky L,Tsopmo A,Avis TJ

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative responses of plants to pathogens and other environmental stresses have received considerable recent attention. We propose that an oxidative response also occurs following attack by herbivores. Our data strongly indicate a shift in the oxidative status of soybean following herbivory by the insectHelicoverpa z...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Bi JL,Felton GW

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the identification, synthesis, and field bioassays of a volatile, male-produced aggregation pheromone of a long-horned beetle, the banded alder borer, Rosalia funebris Mots. Headspace collections from males contained a major male-specific compound, (Z)-3-decenyl (E)-2-hexenoate, and several minor components,...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Ray AM,Millar JG,McElfresh JS,Swift IP,Barbour JD,Hanks LM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male-specific compounds, previously identified from Phyllotreta cruciferae and synthesized or isolated from natural sources, attracted both sexes of the beetle in field trials and therefore function as components of a male-produced aggregation pheromone. Six field experiments of 7 to 10 d duration each were conducted ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Soroka JJ,Bartelt RJ,Zilkowski BW,Cossé AA

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several chemical modifications of a synthetic fermented egg (SFE) lure were field tested on free-ranging coyotes (Canis latrans) to determine the effects of odor intensity and quality on their behavioral responses. SFE was modified for testing by (1) enhancing one of the four basic odor components (fruity, sulfurous, ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Bullard RW,Turkowski FJ,Kilburn SR

更新日期：1983-07-01 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：:Two monophagous sawflies,Neodiprion dubiosus andN. rugifrons, actively avoid feeding on the current season's needles of jack pine,Pinus banksiana, while the polyphagousN. lecontei feeds indiscriminately on foliage of all age classes. Bioassay studies with needle extracts indicate thatN. dubiosus andN. rugifrons larval...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Schuh BA,Benjamin DM

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A current model of amino acid chemoreception has generated the idea that pH affects the efficiency of stimulus-receptor binding by altering the charge distribution on stimulus molecules. The model suggests that amino acids are maximally stimulatory near their isoelectric points. We point out that, within a broad range...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Tierney AJ,Atema T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Colorado potato beetle feeds only on glycoalkaloid-laden solanaceous plants, appears to be toxic to predators, and has aposematic coloration, suggesting the beetle may sequester alkaloids from its host plants. This study tested 4th instars and adults, as well as isolated hemolymph and excrement, to determine if th...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Armer CA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lycopersicon hirsutum, a wild relative of the tomato, is highly resistant to arthropod herbivores. Both botanic forms ofL. hirsutum, L. hirsutum f.glabratum (C.H. Mull.) andL. hirsutum f.typicum (Humb. & Bonpl.), are resistant to two-spotted spider mites,Tetranychus urticae Koch. However, leaves and trichome secretion...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Snyder JC,Guo Z,Thacker R,Goodman JP,Pyrek JS

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bee propolis is a sticky amalgamation of plant resins collected by honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) and used in the hive for filling cracks and repairing combs. Propolis contains a diversity of compounds of plant origin, and is reported to have medicinal, antimicrobial, insecticidal, and phytotoxic properties. We examine...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Johnson KS,Eischen FA,Giannasi DE

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00