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：: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：:The click beetle species Agriotes acuminatus is distributed in open deciduous forests throughout a large area in Europe. In order to identify its sex pheromone, gland extracts of female beetles were investigated by using GC/MS. Neryl butanoate and 2,6-dimethyl-(Z,E)-2,6-octadien-1,8-diol dihexanoate, in a ratio of app...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Tolasch T,von Fragstein M,Steidle JL

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：: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：:Extracts of Paranemastoma quadripunctatum (Opiliones, Dyspnoi, Nemastomatidae) contained seven components, all of which likely originated from the secretion of well-developed prosomal scent glands. The two main components (together accounting for more than 90% of the secretion) were identified as 1,4-naphthoquinone an...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Raspotnig G,Leutgeb V,Schaider M,Komposch C

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological pesticides based on nucleopolyhedroviruses (NPVs) can provide an effective and environmentally benign alternative to synthetic chemicals. On some crops, however, the efficacy and persistence of NPVs is known to be reduced by plant specific factors. The present study investigated the efficacy of Helicoverpa ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Stevenson PC,D'Cunha RF,Grzywacz D

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bracon hebetor is a larval ectoparasitoid that utilizes several pests belonging to the family Pyralidae (Lepidoptera) as hosts. In the present study, we analyzed the kairomonal response of this wasp to the male-produced sex pheromone of a host, the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella, an economically important pest o...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Dweck HK,Svensson GP,Gündüz EA,Anderbrant O

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) have been increasing steadily over the last century. Plants grown under elevated CO2 conditions experience physiological changes, particularly in phytochemical content, that can influence their suitability as food for insects. Flavonoids are important plant defense compounds ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： O'Neill BF,Zangerl AR,Dermody O,Bilgin DD,Casteel CL,Zavala JA,DeLucia EH,Berenbaum MR

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella), a crucifer-specialist pest, has been documented to employ glucosinolates as host recognition cues for oviposition. Through the use of mutant Arabidopsis thaliana plants, we investigated the role of specific classes of glucosinolates in the signaling of oviposition by P. xylo...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Sun JY,Sønderby IE,Halkier BA,Jander G,de Vos M

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of two related plants (Antirrhinum majus L. and Linaria vulgaris Mill.) containing the same defensive compound (the iridoid glucoside, antirrhinoside) but with reproductive strategies that differ during ontogeny was undertaken. Young leaves are important to plants due to their higher photosynthetic rates and, ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Beninger CW,Cloutier RR,Grodzinski B

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult chrysopids have paired prothoracic glands (PG) that are thought to produce defensive secretions (allomones). We analyzed PG extracts of the following green lacewings from North and South America, Australia, and China: Ceraeochrysa cubana (Brazil); Chrysopa (= Co.) oculata, Co. nigricornis, Co. incompleta, Co. qu...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Aldrich JR,Le TC,Zhang QH,Torres J,Winterton SL,Han B,Miller GL,Chauhan KR

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:Two major components from pheromone gland extracts of Synanthedon haitangvora females were identified as (Z,Z)-3,13-octadecadienyl acetate (Z3,Z13-18:OAc) and (E,Z)-2,13-octadecadienyl acetate (E2,Z13-18:OAc), and the average ratio of these components was about 1:1. Seven minor components, (Z)-9-hexadecenyl acetate (Z...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Yang CY,Kim J,Kang TJ,Jeon HY

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:Carrion beetles of the subfamily Nicrophorinae search and bury a carcass that they utilize for reproduction. After burial, the carcass is coated with oral secretions that delay its decomposition. Previously, oral secretions of Nicrophorus marginatus were found to show antimicrobial activity, whereas secretion of N. ca...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Jacques BJ,Akahane S,Abe M,Middleton W,Hoback WW,Shaffer JJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：: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：:Two components were identified from aeration extracts of the virgin female Madeira mealybug, Phenacoccus madeirensis as trans-(1R,3R)-chrysanthemyl (R)-2-methylbutanoate and (R)-lavandulyl (R)-2-methylbutanoate (with a ratio of 3:1) by a combination of gas chromatography retention time matches, mass spectrometry, and ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Ho HY,Su YT,Ko CH,Tsai MY

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The honey locust gall midge, Dasineura gleditchiae Osten Sacken 1866 (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) is the main pest of ornamental varieties of the honey locust tree, Gleditsia triacanthos L., in North America, and is now becoming a pest of concern in Europe. Female midges were observed to emerge in the early morning with t...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Molnár B,Kárpáti Z,Szocs G,Hall DR

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related changes of antennal-active components of male labial gland extracts were studied in two closely related bumblebee species, Bombus terrestris and B. lucorum. In B. terrestris, compounds eliciting electroantennogram (EAG) responses of virgin queens were ethyl dodecanoate, 2,3-dihydrofarnesal, 2,3-dihydrofarn...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Zácek P,Kalinová B,Sobotník J,Hovorka O,Ptácek V,Coppée A,Verheggen F,Valterová I

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The silkworm Bombyx mori is a molecular genetic model for the Lepidoptera. Its odorant receptor genes have been described, and preliminary studies suggest that several are expressed specifically in the larval caterpillar stage. This study was undertaken to identify olfactory behaviors specific to the larvae. A two-cho...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Mooney AC,Robertson HM,Wanner KW

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2002-2004, we examined the flight responses of 49 species of native and exotic bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae and Platypodidae) to traps baited with ethanol and/or (-)-alpha-pinene in the southeastern US. Eight field trials were conducted in mature pine stands in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Miller DR,Rabaglia RJ

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:Epinotia aporema (Walsingham) is a Neotropical pest of legumes in southern South America. Its importance has increased during the last decade owing to the significant growth of soybean production in the region. Monitoring of E. aporema is difficult due to the cryptic behavior of the larvae, and hence, chemical control...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Altesor P,Rossini C,Zarbin PH,González A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The raspberry cane midge, Resseliella theobaldi, is a widespread pest of cultivated red raspberry in Europe. Pheromone-baited traps could provide a much-needed, accurate means to monitor the pest. Volatiles collected separately from virgin female and male midges were analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) coupled to mass...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Hall DR,Farman DI,Cross JV,Pope TW,Ando T,Yamamoto M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), polyphenol oxidase (PPO), and peroxidase (POD) are considered important biochemical markers in host plant resistance against pest insects. Constitutive activity of these enzymes was analyzed in resistant and susceptible wheat cultivars against cereal aphid Sitobion avenae (F.) at var...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Han Y,Wang Y,Bi JL,Yang XQ,Huang Y,Zhao X,Hu Y,Cai QN

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：: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

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：: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：:Root exudates were collected over a 27 day period from defoliated and non-defoliated Lolium perenne L. plants grown under sterile conditions in microlysimeters. Eleven individual sugars, including both aldehyde and alcohol sugars, were identified and quantified with a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS). There...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Clayton SJ,Read DB,Murray PJ,Gregory PJ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of male moth responses to pheromone blends may be constrained by a trade-off between two response traits: sensitivity and breadth of response. Population genetic simulations predict that if sensitivity and breadth of response are negatively correlated (i.e., a trade-off exists), then selection will favor...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Hemmann DJ,Allison JD,Haynes KF

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Root herbivores can indirectly affect aboveground herbivores by altering the food quality of the plant. However, it is largely unknown whether plant genotypes differ in their response to root herbivores, leading to variable defensive phenotypes. In this study, we investigated whether root-feeding insect larvae (Agriot...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Wurst S,Van Dam NM,Monroy F,Biere A,Van der Putten WH

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fertilizer effects on terpene production have been noted in numerous reports. In contrast, only a few studies have studied the response of leaf terpene content to naturally different soil fertility levels. Terpene content, as determined by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry/flame ionization detector, and growth of P...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Ormeño E,Baldy V,Ballini C,Fernandez C

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:To evaluate methods for promoting consumption of tamarisk plants by beavers (Castor canadensis), we determined the feeding responses by captive beavers to diets that contained tannins and sodium chloride (hereafter referred to as tamarisk diet). In two-choice tests, beavers consumed equivalent quantities of tamarisk d...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Kimball BA,Perry KR

更新日期：2008-08-01 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：: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：:Adults and larvae of the thrips Callococcithrips fuscipennis (Moulton) (Thysanoptera: Tubulifera: Phlaeothripidae) live in the sticky wax masses of adult females of the felt scale insect Callococcus acaciae (Maskell) (Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae). The scale is sessile and feeds on Kunzea shrubs (Myrtales: ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Tschuch G,Lindemann P,Moritz G

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00