Plant semiochemicals are known to produce a wide range of behavioral responses in
insects. Some insects sequester or acquire host plant compounds and use them as sex …

▪ Abstract Insect odor and taste receptors are highly sensitive detectors of food, mates, and
oviposition sites. Following the identification of the first insect odor and taste receptors in …

We investigate how the molecular and cellular maps of the Drosophila olfactory system are
integrated. A correspondence is established between individual odor receptors, neurons …

Insect olfactory systems present models to study interactions between animal genomes and
the environment. They have evolved for fast processing of specific odorant blends and for …

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 …

Smelling monomolecular odors hardly ever occurs in everyday life, and the daily functioning
of the sense of smell relies primarily on the processing of complex mixtures of volatiles that …

The insect repellent DEET is effective against a variety of medically important pests, but its
mode of action still draws considerable debate. The widely accepted hypothesis that DEET …

The association of insect herbivores with their host plants is influenced by behaviors
governing acceptance of those plants for feeding and oviposition. Behavioral changes …

Great progress has been made in the field of insect olfaction in recent years. Receptors,
neurons, and circuits have been defined in considerable detail, and the mechanisms by …

Insect intraspecific olfactory communication occurs in a complex sensory environment. Here
we present recent results on how the olfactory system extracts specific information from a …