Insect host plant selection in complex environments

D Carrasco, MC Larsson, P Anderson - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Insect herbivores deal with a vast spectrum of information from many
sources.•Limitations in host plant choice accuracy in polyphagous insects may be mitigated …

An antennae‐enriched carboxylesterase from Spodoptera exigua displays degradation activity in both plant volatiles and female sex pheromones

P He, YN Zhang, ZQ Li, K Yang, JY Zhu… - Insect Molecular …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Carboxyl/cholinesterase (CCE) is a large gene family of diverse functions, but in insects its
function with respect to catabolism of sex pheromone components and plant volatiles is not …

[HTML][HTML] Volatiles from Maruca vitrata (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) host plants influence olfactory responses of the parasitoid Therophilus javanus (Hymenoptera …

DA Souna, AH Bokonon-Ganta, EA Dannon, N Imorou… - Biological Control, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Plants damaged by herbivores are known to release odors attracting parasitoids. However,
there is currently no information how leguminous plants damaged by the pod borer Maruca …