Floral synomone of a wild orchid, Bulbophyllum cheiri, lures Bactrocera fruit flies for pollination

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1161-1172

  Tan, Keng Hong ^a   Nishida, Ritsuo ^b   Toong, Yock Chai ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bulbophyllum cheiri; Coevolution; Floral scent; Fruit flies; Fruit fly orchid; Methyl eugenol; Orchidaceae; Pheromone; Pollination; Synomone; Tephritidae Bactrocera spp.

Indexed keywords

2 ALLYL 4,5 DIMETHOXYPHENOL; CONIFERYL ALCOHOL; EUGENOL; FRAGRANCE; METHYLEUGENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE; SYNOMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATTRACTANT; FLOWER VISITING; FLY; POLLINATION; RAINFOREST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTROCERA; DROSOPHILA; FLOWER; FLY; MALAYSIA; METABOLITE; MORPHOLOGY; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; ORCHIDACEAE; PETAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; RECTUM GLAND; REPRODUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; DIPTERA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORCHIDACEAE; PHEROMONES; POLLEN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS;

MALAYSIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTROCERA CARAMBOLAE; BACTROCERA PAPAYAE; BACTROCERA UMBROSA; BULBOPHYLLUM; BULBOPHYLLUM CHEIRI; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; ORCHIDACEAE; SYRPHIDAE; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0035990744     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016277500007     Document Type: Article

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