Tasting in plant-feeding insects: From single compounds to complex natural stimuli

Insect Taste

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 103-126

  van Loon, Joop J A ^a   Tang, Qingbo ^b   Wang, Honglei ^c   Wang, Chenzhu ^c   Zhou, Dongsheng ^a,c   Smid, Hans M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHEMORECEPTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; SENSILLUM; TASTE;

ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; PLANTS; SENSILLA; TASTE;

EID: 79960654016     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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