Chemosensory basis of behavioural plasticity in response to deterrent plant chemicals in the larva of the Small Cabbage White butterfly Pieris rapae

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 788-792

  Zhou, D S ^a,b   Wang, C Z ^a   van Loon, J J A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cross habituation; Cross sensitivity; Desensitisation; Deterrent neuron; Food experience; Gustation; Taste

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BUTTERFLY; HABITUATION; LARVA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SENSORY SYSTEM; TASTE; VEGETABLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; BUTTERFLY; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; TROPAEOLACEAE;

ANIMALS; BRASSICA; BUTTERFLIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; TROPAEOLUM;

BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; LEPIDOPTERA; NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE; PIERIDAE; PIERIS BRASSICAE; PIERIS RAPAE; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA; TROPAEOLACEAE; TROPAEOLUM MAJUS;

EID: 67650481883     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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