Defensive roles of (E)-2-alkenals and related compounds in heteroptera

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1050-1056

  Noge, Koji ^a,b   Prudic, Kathleen L ^a,c   Becerra, Judith X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

(E) 2 hexenal; (E) 2 octenal; (E) 2 octenyl acetate; Aposematism; Euschistus biformis; Mimickry; Olfactory repellency; Riptortus clavatus; Riptortus pedestris; Soybean pest; Thasus acutangulus

Indexed keywords

2 HEXENAL; 2 OCTENAL; 2-HEXENAL; 2-OCTENAL; 4 OXO (E) 2 HEXENAL; 4-OXO-(E)-2-HEXENAL; ALDEHYDE; PHEROMONE;

ANTENNA; APOSEMATISM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENERALIST; INSECT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIMICRY; REPELLENT; SECRETION; SOYBEAN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HETEROPTERA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PREDATION; SCENT GLAND;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HETEROPTERA; PHEROMONES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SCENT GLANDS;

ALYDIDAE; COREIDAE; EUSCHISTUS BIFORMIS; GLYCINE MAX; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; MANTIDAE; MANTODEA; PENTATOMIDAE; RIPTORTUS; RIPTORTUS CLAVATUS; TENODERA ARIDIFOLIA; THASUS ACUTANGULUS;

EID: 84870862381     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-012-0166-y     Document Type: Article

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