Plants subjected to insect attack usually increase volatile emission which attracts natural enemies and repels further herbivore colonization. Less is known about the capacity of herbivores to suppress volatiles and the multitrophic consequences thereof. In our study, the African forage
Journal of chemical ecology, 31(9), 2019-2032 (2005-09-01)
We investigated volatile infochemicals possibly involved in location of the generalist predatory mite Neoseiulus californicus to plants infested with spider mites in a Y-tube olfactometer. The predators significantly preferred volatiles from lima bean leaves infested with Tetranychus urticae to uninfested
The induction of jasmonic acid (JA) is one of the major signaling events in plants in response to insect herbivore damage and leads to the activation of direct and indirect defensive measures. Green leafy volatiles, which constitute a major portion
Journal of chemical ecology, 37(3), 267-272 (2011-02-19)
Females of the gregarious endoparasitoid Cotesia kariyai were attracted to a blend of volatiles released from corn plants infested with larvae of their host, the common armyworm (Mythimna separata). We investigated the effects of time after the last infestation (1-168
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 25(35), 8017-8026 (2005-09-02)
The antennal lobe (AL) of insects, like the olfactory bulb of vertebrates, is characterized by discrete modules of synaptic neuropil called glomeruli. In some insects (e.g., moths and cockroaches), a few glomeruli are sexually dimorphic and function in labeled lines
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