Plant volatiles, rather than light, determine the nocturnal behavior of a caterpillar

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1044-1047

  Shiojiri, Kaori ^a,b   Ozawa, Rika ^a,b   Takabayashi, Junji ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CORN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENT; LARVA; LIGHT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PLANT; ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LEPIDOPTERA; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

MYTHIMNA SEPARATA;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; ESCAPE REACTION; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; LIGHT; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33745183589     PISSN: 15457885     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040164     Document Type: Article

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