Coding and interaction of sex pheromone and plant volatile signals in the antennal lobe of the codling moth Cydia pomonella

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 4291-4303

  Trona, Federica ^a,b   Anfora, Gianfranco ^a   Bengtsson, Marie ^b   Witzgall, Peter ^b   Ignell, Rickard ^b  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blend interaction; Glomeruli; Intracellular recording; Lepidoptera; Olfaction; Synergism

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOTH; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MOTHS; ODORS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANTS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEX FACTORS; SMELL; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

CYDIA POMONELLA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 78650068483     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.047365     Document Type: Article

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