Odorants that induce hygienic behavior in honeybees: Identification of volatile compounds in chalkbrood-infected honeybee larvae

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1108-1116

  Swanson, Jodi A I ^a   Torto, Baldwyn ^b   Kells, Stephen A ^a   Mesce, Karen A ^a   Tumlinson, James H ^c   Spivak, Marla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Chalkbrood; Gas chromatography electroantennographic detection; Hygienic behavior; Insect chemoreception; Social immunity

Indexed keywords

2 PHENYLETHYL ACETATE; 2-PHENYLETHYL ACETATE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZYL ALCOHOL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMORECEPTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FUNGAL DISEASE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEYBEE; HYGIENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE BEHAVIOR; LARVA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL INSECT; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BEE; CHEMISTRY; FUNGUS SPORE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZYL ALCOHOL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LARVA; ODORS; PHENYLETHYL ALCOHOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPORES, FUNGAL;

APIS MELLIFERA; ASCOSPHAERA APIS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 70350383330     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-009-9683-8     Document Type: Article

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