In this work, we discussed and counter-commented Paul J. Weldon's comments on our recent paper (Zhou et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 117:32493, 2020a), ......
Olfaction plays a major role in the host-finding behaviors of insects. However, the irregularity of insect responses to odor interactions has hindered......
A variety of models have been used in mating bioassays of insects to assess the contribution of chemical and visual signals to mate location and mate ......
期刊: CHEMOECOLOGY, 2020; 30 (4)
Pseudacteon curvatus and P. obtusus are two species of parasitic phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae), introduced in the southern USA for biological contr......
期刊: CHEMOECOLOGY, 2020; 30 (5)
Plant cystatins play crucial roles in the process of plant defense against herbivorous insects. A cDNA clone, designated CsCPI2, was isolated from Cam......
期刊: CHEMOECOLOGY, 2020; 30 (3)
The gustatory system plays vital roles in food selection and feeding behaviours, as well as in other life activities in insects. In the process of tas......
期刊: CHEMOECOLOGY, 2020; 30 (2)
In nature some successful invasive plants grow faster and are better chemical defenders than native plants, which appears to contradict the convention......
期刊: CHEMOECOLOGY, 2020; 30 (2)
It is a commonly known fact that all ground beetles possess abdominal pygidial glands with relatively similar gross structure and function among speci......
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Desert vascular plants coexist extensively with biological soil crusts (BSCs) in arid lands, but limited information is known about the impacts of shr......
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Arma chinensis is a predaceous insect species that can effectively suppress a wide range of agricultural and forest insect pests in the orders Lepidop......
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Phosphorus (P)-rich sites develop on phosphate-rock ores, while the soils are generally characterized with P deficiency in subtropical areas, resultin......
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Extensive studies have shown that cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) are among the major cues that allow many insects to identify interspecific and intrasp......
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Myrmecophilous lycaenid caterpillars have close relationships with their ant hosts by means of various myrmecophilous organs, most of which are usuall......
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Pardosa pseudoannulata, one of the dominant predators in the paddy ecosystem, is a potential resource in the biological control of rice pests. Olfacti......
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Green leaf volatiles (GLVs) are initially formed in the form of aldehydes, and then converted to alcohol and ester forms by the enzymes from plants. H......