Plant species-and status-specific odorant blends guide oviposition choice in the moth Manduca sexta

Chemical Senses

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-159

  Späthe, Anna ^a   Reinecke, Andreas ^a,b   Olsson, Shannon B ^a   Kesavan, Subaharan ^a,c   Knaden, Markus ^a   Hansson, Bill S ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ICAR CENTRAL PLANTATION CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

GC SSR; Host plant choice; Manduca sexta; Moth; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATURA; DATURA WRIGHTII; EGG LAYING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MANDUCTA SEXTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PEDALIACEAE; PEDALIACEAE PARVIFLORA; PLACE PREFERENCE; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSILLUM; SENSORY NERVE; SMELLING; SPHINGIDAE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HERBIVORY; MALE; MANDUCA; ODORS; OVIPOSITION; PLANTS; SMELL;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; SPHINGIDAE; SPHINGOIDEA;

EID: 84872122604     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjs089     Document Type: Article

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