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Mouse skin peptidomic analysis of the hemorrhage induced by a snake venom metalloprotease
Hemorrhage induced by snake venom metalloproteases (SVMPs) results from proteolysis, capillary disruption, and blood extravasation. HF3, a potent...
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Behavioural responses and characterization of preputial gland extract of black rat, Rattus rattus
The present study was carried out to determine the chemistry of the preputial gland (PG) of mature male black rats and its role in sexual and social...
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Drosophila Free-Flight Odor Tracking is Altered in a Sex-Specific Manner By Preimaginal Sensory Exposure
In insects such as Drosophila melanogaster , flight guidance is based on converging sensory information provided by several modalities, including...
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Identification of the aggregation-sex pheromone of Plagionotus arcuatus ssp. arcuatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from two geographically separated European populations
Plagionotus arcuatus ssp. arcuatus (L.) is a common saproxylic cerambycid beetle in most parts of Europe, and is designated as an occasional pest of...
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Pheromone Composition and Chemical Ecology of Six Species of Cerambycid Beetles in the Subfamily Lamiinae
Cerambycid beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae use male-produced aggregation-sex pheromones that are attractive to both sexes. Terpenoid pheromones...
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Disrupting pest reproduction techniques can replace pesticides in vineyards. A review
Today, we are faced with an increase in the impact of pesticides on the environment, which is becoming a real concern for most agricultural...
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Mating Behaviour and Reproductive Biology of Insect Predators
In sexually reproducing animals, fertilisation and insemination (the exchange of male sperm for female sperm) constitute the process of reproduction...
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Rectal gland exudates and emissions of Bactrocera bryoniae: chemical identification, electrophysiological and pheromonal functions
Bactrocera bryoniae is a polyphagous and economically significant fruit fly found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia. To understand...
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Effects of Pheromone Dose and Conspecific Density on the Use of Aggregation-Sex Pheromones by the Longhorn Beetle Phymatodes grandis and Sympatric Species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Many species of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) utilize male-produced aggregation-sex pheromones that attract both sexes. However, the...
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The Male-Produced Aggregation-Sex Pheromone of the Cerambycid Beetle Plagionotus detritus ssp. detritus
The number of longhorn beetles with confirmed aggregation-sex pheromones has increased rapidly in recent years. However, the species that have been...
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Olfactory Mating Signals in the Migratory Locust Locusta migratoria
Swarming locusts cause huge plagues across the world threatening food production. Before swarms form, locust populations exhibit a dramatic phase...
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Field evaluation of repellents against red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) through trap shutdown studies
The red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is a key pest of palms in diverse agro-systems worldwide. We...
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Antennal transcriptome analysis of olfactory genes and tissue expression profiling of odorant binding proteins in Semanotus bifasciatus (cerambycidae: coleoptera)
BackgroundInsect olfactory proteins can transmit chemical signals in the environment that serve as the basis for foraging, mate searching, predator...
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Controlling the Behavior of Harmful Insects: Light and Chemical Signals and Their Combined Action
AbstractSince environmental safety is the most important requirement for modern plant protection, a promising direction of its development is the...
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Electroantennographic responses and field attraction of an emerging invader, the red-necked longicorn beetle Aromia bungii (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), to the chiral and racemic forms of its male-produced aggregation-sex pheromone
The red-necked longicorn beetle Aromia bungii (Faldermann) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is an emerging invader in Japan and has become a major pest of...
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Identification of a New Set of Polypeptidic Sex Pheromones from Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)
The common English Channel cuttlefish ( Sepia officinalis ) reproduces every year on very localized coastal spawning areas after a west–east horizontal...
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Common Cerambycid Pheromone Components as Attractants for Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) Breeding in Ephemeral Oak Substrates in Northern Europe
Longhorn beetles are ecologically important insects in forest ecosystems as decomposers of woody substrates, microhabitat engineers, and as...
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Chemical polymorphism regulates the attractiveness to nymphs in the bean bug Riptortus pedestris
Riptortus pedestris (Fab.) is an important pest on soybean plants in East Asia. Females lay eggs scattered not only on host plants, but also on...
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A Highly Selective and Sensitive Chiral Derivatization Method for High- Performance Liquid Chromatographic Determination of the Stereoisomer Composition of Natural Products With Chiral Branched Alkyl Chains
In the study of chiral biologically active compounds such as pheromones, the analysis of the stereoisomer composition is essential to gain more...
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Identification and Field Assay of Two Aggregation Pheromone Components Emitted by Males of the Bark Beetle Polygraphus punctifrons (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
The bark beetle Polygraphus punctifrons (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is a species that feeds on Norway spruce ( Picea abies ) and is found in the...
