Floral phenylpropanoid cocktail and architecture of Bulbophyllum vinaceum orchid in attracting fruit flies for pollination

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2429-2441

  Tan, Keng Hong ^a   Tan, Lin Tze ^b   Nishida, Ritsuo ^c  

^a Tan Hak Heng Co   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

B. unimacula; Bactrocera dorsalis; Bulbophyllum vinaceum; Dynamic lip mechanism; Fruit fly; Orchidaceae; Phenylpropanoids; Pollination; Sex pheromone; Synomone; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

PHENYLPROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANGIOSPERM; FLOWER; FLY; PHEROMONE; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; ORCHIDACEAE; PHENYLPROPIONATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLLEN; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOLATILIZATION;

BACTROCERA DORSALIS; BULBOPHYLLUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ORCHIDACEAE; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 33751089047     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9154-4     Document Type: Article

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