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Open AccessMutagenesis of the odorant receptor co-receptor (Orco) reveals severe olfactory defects in the crop pest moth Helicoverpa armigera
Odorant receptors (ORs) as odorant-gated ion channels play a crucial role in insect olfaction. They are formed by a heteromultimeric complex of the odorant receptor co-receptor (Orco) and a ligand-selective Or...
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The cotton bollworm endoparasitoid Campoletis chlorideae is attracted by cis-jasmone or cis-3-hexenyl acetate but not by their mixtures
Campoletis chlorideae Uchida (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) is an important larval endoparasitoid of the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner). A better understanding of herbivore-induced plant volatiles (H...
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Open AccessIdentification and testing of oviposition attractant chemical compounds for Musca domestica
Oviposition attractants for the house fly Musca domestica have been investigated using electrophysiological tests, behavioural assays and field tests. Volatiles were collected via head space absorption method fro...
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Open AccessCorrection: Corrigendum: Olfactory perception and behavioral effects of sex pheromone gland components in Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa assulta
Scientific Reports 6: Article number: 22998; Published online: 15 March 2016; Updated: 29 April 2016 This Article contains typographical errors in the Acknowledgements section. “This work was supported by Nati...
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Open AccessOlfactory perception and behavioral effects of sex pheromone gland components in Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa assulta
Two sympatric species Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa assulta use (Z)-11-hexadecenal and (Z)-9-hexadecenal as sex pheromone components in reverse ratio. They also share several other pheromone gland componen...
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Electrophysiological and behavioral responses of Helicoverpa assulta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to tobacco volatiles
The Oriental tobacco budworm moth, Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is a serious pest on tobacco in China. The flowering stage of the host plant is one of the most attractive stages to H. as...
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Identification and Field Evaluation of Pear Fruit Volatiles Attractive to the Oriental Fruit Moth, Cydia molesta
Plant volatiles play a key role in host plant location of phytophagous insects. Cydia molesta is an important pest of pear fruit late in the growing season. We identified and quantified volatiles from immature an...