Floral Odor Bouquet Loses its Ant Repellent Properties After Inhibition of Terpene Biosynthesis

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1323-1331

  Junker, Robert R ^a   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^b   Unsicker, Sybille B ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biochemical pathways; Direct defense; Floral volatiles; Lasius niger; Olfactometer experiments; Phlox paniculata

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; FOSFOMYCIN; FOSMIDOMYCIN; LINALOOL; MEVINOLIN; TERPENE;

ANT; ANTAGONISM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; INHIBITION; INHIBITOR; MUTUALISM; ODOR; POLLINATOR; TERPENE;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERMANY; INSECT; METABOLISM; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLAME IONIZATION; FLOWERS; FOSFOMYCIN; GERMANY; INSECTS; LOVASTATIN; MONOTERPENES; POLLINATION; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERPENES;

FORMICIDAE; LASIUS NIGER; PHLOX PANICULATA;

EID: 84155188799     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-011-0043-0     Document Type: Article

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