Alkylphenols in the defensive secretion of the nearctic opilionid,Stygnomma spinifera (Arachnida: Opiliones).

abstract：:Odor is a key trait for pollinator attraction in flowering plants, and many studies have investigated odor evolution in the light of pollinator selection by emphasizing the importance of the plant phylogenetic history. By contrast, little is known on the evolution of odors in fungus-insect interactions. In this study,...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Steinebrunner F,Schiestl FP,Leuchtmann A

更新日期：2008-06-01 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 leading hypothesis for the evolution of the metal hyperaccumulation trait in plants is as a defense against herbivores. A central piece of evidence expected for this hypothesis is that plants benefit from herbivores being deterred from eating high metal tissues. While many studies have investigated whether or not ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Vesk PA,Reichman SM

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbivorous insects searching for a host plant need to integrate a sequence of multimodal sensory inputs. We conducted a series of no-choice experiments in a laboratory wind tunnel to examine the behavioral response of the specialist fruit fly, Neoceratitis cyanescens (Diptera: Tephritidae), to host visual and olfacto...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Brévault T,Quilici S

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of stink bugs to release high amounts of strong-smelling and irritating defensive compounds is related to their metathoracic gland (MTG), which is an exocrine gland with defensive, sexual, alarm and aggregation signal functions. Orsilochides leucoptera (Scutelleridae) is a widespread species in the Neotrop...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： de Melo DJ,da Silva MR,Moliterno AAC,Zarbin PHG

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：:Epoxide hydrolase catalyzes a simple hydrolysis of reactive cyclic ethers that may otherwise alkylate and impair critical proteins and nucleic acids required for life. Although much less studied than the cytochrome P-450 monooxygenases that produce epoxides, differences in subcellular, tissue, pH, substrate, and inhib...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Mullin CA

更新日期：1988-10-01 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：: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：:This study was replicated at two locations in the mountains of central Utah. In 1997, ten uniform plants of tall larkspur (Delphinium barbeyi) in the early bud stage (40 cm in height) were selected at each site and clipped at 5 cm above soil level. In 1998, one stalk from each plant was harvested on a weekly basis; in...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Ralphs MH,Gardner DR

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:The herbivore-induced response of alfalfa (Medicago sativa) was examined through assays with Spodoptera littoralis larvae and analyses of important secondary substances. In food preference experiments, larvae preferred young undamaged alfalfa plants over plants that had been damaged by feeding larvae 5 and 7 days earl...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Agrelli J,Oleszek W,Stochmal A,Olsen M,Anderson P

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrans-2-nonenal (T2N) acts as an insect repellent, an insecticide, and a flavor compound, it would be desirable to manipulate its concentration in plants. Simple, rapid, and accurate trapping on cartridges of activated charcoal detected T2N in headspace over carrot roots and regenerants. Concentrations ranged from 0...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Chamberlain DA,Wilson G,Ryan MF

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Termite colonies are almost always founded by a pair of winged dispersers, in spite of the high costs and low success rates inherent in independent colony foundation. The dispersal flights of imagoes from natal colonies are followed by mate search, mediated by sex-pairing pheromones. Here, we studied the chemistry of ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Dolejšová K,Křivánek J,Kalinová B,Hadravová R,Kyjaková P,Hanus R

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of Amphimallon solstitiale (L.), a well known, widely distributed and rather common European scarab beetle, were analyzed by GC-MS and GC-EAD. Acetoin - (R):(S) > 9:1 - as well as 2,3-butanediol - (2R,3R): (2S,3S):meso = 1:1:9 - were present in extracts of both males and females. Although (2S,3S)-butanediol d...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Tolasch T,Sölter S,Tóth M,Ruther J,Francke W

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：:Using traps baited with natural and synthetic onion volatiles, we examined the effects of different habitats and mating on the olfactory behavior of laboratory-reared and wild onion flies. Rankings of olfactory treatments as host-finding stimuli for females were dependent on their mating status and the habitat in whic...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Judd GJ,Borden JH

更新日期：1992-04-01 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：:Castilleja (Scrophulariaceae) species of the western United States contain pyrrolizidine and quinolizidine alkaloids. TheCastilleja obtain the alkaloids by root parasitism on host plants, withSenecio atratus andS. triangularis (Asteraceae) furnishing the pyrrolizidines, and quinolizidines being obtained fromLupinus sp...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Stermitz FR,Harris GH

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HPLC analysis of crude dichloromethane extracts of shaken liquid cultures of the hyphomycetous fungusTolypocladium geodes Gams revealed the presence of efrapeptins. These peptides, which have mitochondrial ATPase inhibitory activity as well as antifungal and insecticidal properties, are previously known only from the ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Krasnoff SB,Gupta S

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycorrhizas are the most important mutualistic symbioses on earth. The most prevalent type are the arbuscular mycorrhizas (AMs) that develop between roots of most terrestrial plants and fungal species of the Zygomycota. The AM fungi are able to grow into the root cortex forming intercellular hyphae from which highly b...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Strack D,Fester T,Hause B,Schliemann W,Walter MH

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four species of Acridoidea were fed on wheat leaves with and without the condensed tannin, quebracho. In no case was it deleterious to survival and growth at levels below about 10% dry weight on the food. Similarly, consumption, digestibility, and utilization of food were unaffected at up to 10% dry weight. At higher ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Bernays EA,Chamberlain DJ,Leather EM

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of extracellular fatty acids in the interference between two algae, Chlorella vulgaris Beijerink and Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata (Korshikov) Hindak, was assessed by the co-cultivation of the two selected strains, as well as by the chemical analysis of exudates from the culture media of single strain cultu...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： DellaGreca M,Zarrelli A,Fergola P,Cerasuolo M,Pollio A,Pinto G

更新日期：2010-03-01 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

abstract：:A compiled program, JCE-REFS.EXE (coded in the QuickBASIC language), for use on IBM-compatible personal computers is described. The program converts a DOS text file of current B-I-T-S (BIOSIS Information Transfer System) or BIOSIS Previews references into a DOS file of citations, including abstracts, in a general styl...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Byers JA

更新日期：1992-09-01 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：:The role of the steroidal glycoalkaloid α-tomatine in the hostplant resistance of tomato to the Colorado potato beetle,Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) was examined in short- (24 hr; using first- and fourth-instar larvae) and long-term (first-instar larvae reared through the prepupal stage) feeding experiments. Consump...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Barbour JD,Kennedy GG

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virtually nothing is known about the role plant volatiles play in host-finding by Homoptera in the Suborder Auchenorrhyncha. In laboratory bioassays, we examined the influence of plant volatiles on orientation and postcontact behaviors of the leafhopper,Dalbulus maidis, and determined the relationship between visual a...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Todd JL,Phelan PL,Nault LR

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In field tests synthetic (3E,5Z)-3,5-tetradecadienyl acetate was found to attract large numbers of males ofRecurvaria leucatella Clerck into sticky traps. The other geometrical isomers did not influence catches. Of the corresponding monoenic compounds, (3E)-3-tetradecenyl acetate was highly attractive to a close relat...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Tòth M,Doolittle RE

更新日期：1992-07-01 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