Sensitivity to chemically diverse phagostimulants in a single gustatory neuron of a polyphagous caterpillar

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-19

  Bernays, E A ^a   Chapman, R F ^b   Singer, M S ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalpol; Grammia; Gustation; Iridoid glycoside; Phagostimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARCTIIDAE; GALEA; GRAMMIA; GRAMMIA GENEURA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PLANTAGO;

EID: 0034066742     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050002     Document Type: Article

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