[Synergism of plant volatiles to insect pheromones and related mechanisms]

Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao. 2008 Nov;19(11):2533-7.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Host plant volatiles and insect pheromones are the most important semiochemicals for insects, and their synergism can modulate insect behaviors. The attraction to sex- and aggregation pheromones of insects can be greatly enhanced by specific plant volatiles through the increased electroantennogram, pheromone incepting neuron action potential, and pulse-frequency. When the specific plant volatiles are bound with octopamine receptors, the threshold of sex pheromone incepting neuron to sex pheromones is decreased, while the sensibility of sex pheromone incepting neuron is increased, which may be the main mechanism for the synergism of plant volatiles to insect pheromones.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Drug Synergism
  • Insecta / metabolism*
  • Octopamine / metabolism
  • Pheromones / biosynthesis
  • Pheromones / chemistry*
  • Plants / metabolism*
  • Plants / parasitology*
  • Volatile Organic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Volatile Organic Compounds / metabolism

Substances

  • Pheromones
  • Volatile Organic Compounds
  • Octopamine