Gustatory responsiveness to pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the Senecio specialist, Tyria jacobaeae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-72

  Bernays, E A ^a   Hartmann, T ^b   Chapman, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neural sensitivity; Phagostimulant; Pyrrolizidine alkaloid; Taste threshold

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CATERPILLAR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ARCTIIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; SENECIO; TYRIA JACOBAEAE;

EID: 1642387060     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2004.0366.x     Document Type: Article

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