Discovery of pyrazines as pollinator sex pheromones and orchid semiochemicals: Implications for the evolution of sexual deception

New Phytologist

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 939-952

  Bohman, Björn ^a,b,c   Phillips, Ryan D ^a,c,d   Menz, Myles H M ^c,d,e   Berntsson, Ben W ^b   Flematti, Gavin R ^c   Barrow, Russell A ^b   Dixon, Kingsley W ^c,d   Peakall, Rod ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drakaea, floral volatile; Orchidaceae; Pollination; Pyrazine; Semiochemical; Sex pheromone; Sexual deception

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOASSAY; HERB; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; SEMIOCHEMICAL; SEX PHEROMONE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TAXONOMY; VOLATILE ELEMENT; WASP;

DRAKAEA; DRAKAEA GLYPTODON; ORCHIDACEAE; ZASPILOTHYNNUS TRILOBATUS;

PHEROMONE; PLANT EXTRACT; PYRAZINE DERIVATIVE; SEX PHEROMONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; WASP;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FLAME IONIZATION; FLOWERS; MALE; ORCHIDACEAE; PHEROMONES; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLLINATION; PYRAZINES; SEX ATTRACTANTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASPS;

EID: 84904039795     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12800     Document Type: Article

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