Host plant volatiles synergize responses of sex pheromone-specific olfactory receptor neurons in male Helicoverpa zea

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 325-333

  Ochieng, S A ^a   Park, K C ^a   Baker, T C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennal neurons; Helicoverpa zea; Host plant volatiles; Pheromone synergists; Single cell recordings

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PLANT EXTRACT; SEX PHEROMONE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; VOLATILIZATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHS; ODORS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PHEROMONES; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0036591220     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0308-8     Document Type: Article

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