| Title: | Plant Volatiles as Mate-Finding Cues for Insects |
| Address: | "Laboratory of Fundamental and Applied Research in Chemical Ecology (FARCE), Institute of Biology, University of Neuchatel, CH-2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland. Electronic address: xuhaodemail@gmail.com. Laboratory of Fundamental and Applied Research in Chemical Ecology (FARCE), Institute of Biology, University of Neuchatel, CH-2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland. Electronic address: ted.turlings@unine.ch" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.11.004 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1878-4372 (Electronic) 1360-1385 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Plant volatiles are used not only by herbivorous insects to find their host plants, but also by the natural enemies of the herbivores to find their prey. There is also increasing evidence that plant volatiles, in addition to species-specific pheromones, help these insects to find mating partners. Plant structures such as flowers, fruit, and leaves are frequently rendezvous sites for mate-seeking insects. Here we propose that the combined use of plant volatiles and pheromones can efficiently guide insects to these sites, where they will have access to both mates and food. This notion is supported by the fact that plant volatiles can stimulate the release of sex pheromones and can render various insects more receptive to potential mates" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Female Herbivory Insecta/*physiology Male Plants/*metabolism Sex Attractants/*physiology Sexual Behavior, Animal/physiology Signal Transduction Volatile Organic Compounds/*metabolism insect foraging strategies mate finding plant-insect interaction;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineXu, Hao Turlings, Ted C J eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review England 2017/12/13 Trends Plant Sci. 2018 Feb; 23(2):100-111. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.11.004. Epub 2017 Dec 8" |
