Chemosensory tuning to a host recognition cue in the facultative specialist larvae of the moth Manduca sexta

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 3979-3990

  Del Campo, Marta L ^a   Miles, Carol I ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Host recognition; Indioside D; Larva; Manduca sexta; Sensilla; Taste receptor

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCOSIDE; INDIOSIDE D; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; TOMATINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CHEMORECEPTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MASTICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTORS; CUES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSIDES; LARVA; MANDUCA; MASTICATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SOLANACEAE; STEROIDS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TOMATINE;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MANDUCA; MANDUCA SEXTA; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0344584521     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00626     Document Type: Article

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