| Title: | Neuroethology of oviposition behavior in the moth Manduca sexta |
| Author(s): | Reisenman CE; Riffell JA; Hildebrand JG; |
| Address: | "Division of Neurobiology, Arizona Research Laboratories, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077, USA. carolina@neurobio.arizona.edu" |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.03875.x |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1749-6632 (Electronic) 0077-8923 (Print) 0077-8923 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Olfactory cues play decisive roles in the lives of most insect species, providing information about biologically relevant resources, such as food, mates, and oviposition sites. The nocturnal moth Manduca sexta feeds on floral nectar from a variety of plants (and thus serves as a pollinator), but females oviposit almost exclusively on solanaceous plants, which they recognize on the basis of olfactory cues. Plants, however, respond to herbivory by releasing blends of volatiles that attract natural enemies of herbivores. Thus, oviposition behavior probably results from the sensory evaluation not only of attractive host plant volatiles but also of repellent volatiles that indicate the acceptability or inappropriateness, respectively, of host plants for the females' offspring. Here we describe results from chemical-ecological, neurophysiological, and behavioral experiments aimed at understanding the neural mechanisms that control oviposition behavior in M. sexta" |
| Keywords: | Acyclic Monoterpenes Animals Female Male Manduca/*physiology Monoterpenes/pharmacology *Nervous System Physiological Phenomena Oviposition/drug effects/*physiology; |
| Notes: | "MedlineReisenman, Carolina E Riffell, Jeffrey A Hildebrand, John G eng R01 DC002751-13/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/ R01 DC002751/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/ R01 DC002751-11/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/ R01-DC-02751/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/ R01 DC002751-12/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/ Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. 2009/08/19 Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 Jul; 1170:462-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.03875.x" |
