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J Chem Ecol

Title:		Analyses of an egg recognition kairomone ofTelenomus heliothidis (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) Isolation and host function
Author(s):		Strand MR; Vinson SB;
Address:		"Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, 77843, College Station, Texas"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1983
Volume:		9
Issue:		3
Page Number:		423 - 432
DOI:		10.1007/BF00988459
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		Two large proteins (>330 K) present in the accessory gland ofHeliothis virescens F. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) serve as an egg recognition kairomone for the parasitoidTelenomus heliothidis Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae). Glass beads coated with the isolated proteins were examined and probed by the parasitoid while uncoated glass beads were not. Electrophoretic analysis of the contents of theH. virescens accessory gland suggests that the gland's contents serve as an egg adhesive. Comparison of the gland proteins revealed that theT. heliothidis hostHeliothis zea (Boddie) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) accessory gland contained the kairomonally active proteins while the nonhostSpodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) did not
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEStrand, M R Vinson, S B eng 1983/03/01 J Chem Ecol. 1983 Mar; 9(3):423-32. doi: 10.1007/BF00988459"