Electroantennographic and behavioral responses of the sphinx moth Manduca sexta to host plant headspace volatiles

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1813-1833

  Fraser, Ann M ^a,b   Mechaber, Wendy L ^a   Hildebrand, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b KALAMAZOO COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna; EAG; Electroantennography; Gas chromatography; GC EAD; Host plant selection; Lepidoptera; Manduca sexta; Olfaction; Sphingidae; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

3 HEXENYL ACETATE; 3 HEXENYL BENZOATE; ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZYL ALCOHOL; DECANAL; ESTER DERIVATIVE; GERANYL ACETONE; NEROLIDOL; NONANAL; PHENYLACETALDEHYDE; SALICYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANTENNA; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HOST PLANT; MOTH; OLFACTORY CUE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BELL PEPPER; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATURA WRIGHTII; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROANTENNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLIAGE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOST SELECTION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PROBOSCIDEA PARVIFLORA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SMELLING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOBACCO HORN WORM; TOMATO;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; MANDUCA; MOVEMENT; PEDALIACEAE; PLANTS, EDIBLE; SMELL; SOLANACEAE; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DATURA; DATURA WRIGHTII; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MANDUCA SEXTA; MARTYNIACEAE; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PROBOSCIDEA PARVIFLORA; SOLANACEAE; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 0042232286     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024898127549     Document Type: Article

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