Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 Attractants and repellents are considered to be an environment-friendly approach for pest management. Odorant receptors (ORs), which are located on the dendritic membranes of olfactory sensory neurons in insects, are essential genes for recognizing ...
Jie Yu +7 more
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Attraction of Apple Maggot Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) to Synthetic Fruit Volatile Compounds and Food Attractants in Michigan Apple Orchards [PDF]
, 2018 The apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh), is a serious pest of apples in the United States, requiring reliable monitoring and control programs.
Liburd, Ocar E, Stenliski, Lukasz L
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New sex attractants for 14 boreal forest moth species (Lepidoptera) [PDF]
Nota LepidopterologicaField screening was conducted in subarctic boreal forests of the central Kola Peninsula, northwestern Russia, using eight (Z)-monounsaturated aliphatic compounds associated with moth sex pheromones: (Z)-5-decenyl acetate, (Z)-7-dodecenyl acetate, (Z)-7 ...
Mikhail V. Kozlov
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Research Progress of Insect Odorant Receptors
Guangdong nongye kexue, 2022 For insects, olfaction is an important signal input source for their behavioral perception. There are many kinds of proteins involved in the process of odor recognition, and they play a leading role in regulating feeding, swarming, mating, oviposition ...
Quanmei QI, Qiurong LI
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Evaluation of textile substrates for dispensing synthetic attractants for malaria mosquitoes [PDF]
, 2014 Background: The full-scale impact of odour-baited technology on the surveillance, sampling and control of vectors of infectious diseases is partly limited by the lack of methods for the efficient and sustainable dispensing of attractants.
Gheysens, Tom +6 more
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Behavioral traits and sexual recognition: multiple signaling in the reproductive behavior of Cyclocephala distincta (Melolonthidae, Cyclocephalini) [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2021 Night-foraging cyclocephaline scarab beetles rely on floral structures of specific plant hosts for food and shelter, as well as mating sites. Although the role of floral fragrances as long-range attractants in these interactions has been elucidated, the ...
RAFAELLA L. NÓBREGA +5 more
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Identification of male- and female-specific olfaction genes in antennae of the oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) [PDF]
, 2016 The oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) is a species of tephritid fruit fly, endemic to Southeast Asia but also introduced to many regions of the US, and it is one of the major pest species with a broad host range of cultivated and wild fruits ...
Lei, Zhongren +3 more
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Reverse chemical ecology approach for the identification of an oviposition attractant for Culex quinquefasciatus. [PDF]
, 2018 Pheromones and other semiochemicals play a crucial role in today's integrated pest and vector management strategies. These semiochemicals are typically discovered by bioassay-guided approaches.
Bhagavathy, Ganga +7 more
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Clearwing Moths Captured by Ultraviolet Light Traps in Southern Ohio (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) [PDF]
, 2017 Trapping with ultraviolet light in mixed-oak forests of Lawrence and Vinton Counties, Ohio in 1995 and 1996 yielded 46 Synanthedon acerni and four Synanthedon arkansasensis, a clearwing moth record new for the ...
Horn, David J, Purrington, Foster Forbes
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ZZE-Configuration of chromophore ß-153 in C-phycocyanin from Mastigocladus laminosus [PDF]
, 1987 The photochemistry of C-phycocyanin has been studied after denaturation in the dark. It shows an irreversible reaction which has characteristics of a Ζ,Ζ,Ε- to Z,Z,Z-isomerization of dihydrobilins. Its amplitude depends on the reaction conditions, with
Bode, W. +7 more
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