Evidence for Origin of Insect Sex Pheromones: Presence in Food Plants
| Autor: | Ralph O. Mumma, J. K. Wichmann, D. M. Hindenlang, Lawrence B. Hendry, M. E. Anderson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1975 |
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Insecta
Multidisciplinary Ecology media_common.quotation_subject fungi Pupa food and beverages Dietary factors Feeding Behavior Insect Plants Biology Mass Spectrometry Pheromones Lepidoptera Sexual Behavior Animal Larva Sex pheromone Plant species Animals Host plants Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids media_common |
| Zdroj: | Science. 188:59-63 |
| ISSN: | 1095-9203 0036-8075 |
| DOI: | 10.1126/science.1114341 |
| Popis: | Compounds identified as sex attractant pheromones in a number of phytophagous insects were found in a variety of host plants. These agents vary in chemical composition in different plant species, which suggests that dietary factors may provide an evolutionary mechanism for diversification of certain insect species. A theoretical framework to explain this phenomenon is postulated on the basis of experiments with the oak leaf roller moth. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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