| Title: | "The influence of smoke volatiles on sexual maturation and juvenile hormone biosynthesis in the black army cutworm, Actebia fennica (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)" |
| Author(s): | Everaerts C; Cusson M; McNeil JN; |
| Address: | "Departement de biologie, Universite Laval, Sainte-Foy, G1K 7P4, Quebec, Canada" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0965-1748(00)00058-8 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0965-1748 (Print) 0965-1748 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Outbreaks of the black army cutworm, Actebia fennica, are associated with recently burned sites, where larvae feed on early successional plants. In the present paper we show that smoke volatiles stimulate juvenile hormone biosynthesis in virgin females, resulting in a more rapid rate of oocyte maturation and a significant advance in the age of first calling (the release of the sex pheromone) compared to control females. The ecological implications of this physiological effect are discussed" |
| Keywords: | Animals Corpora Allata/metabolism/physiology Female Juvenile Hormones/*biosynthesis Moths/*metabolism/physiology Oocytes/physiology *Smoke; |
| Notes: | "MedlineEveraerts, C Cusson, M McNeil, J N eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2000/07/06 Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2000 Aug-Sep; 30(8-9):855-62. doi: 10.1016/s0965-1748(00)00058-8" |
