ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL-RESPONSE OF MALE AND FEMALE TRICHOPLUSIA-NI TO SYNTHETIC FEMALE PHEROMONE

被引:32
作者
LIGHT, DM
BIRCH, MC
机构
[1] Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis
关键词
acceptors; electroantennogram; electrophysiology; Lepidoptera; olfaction; perception; receptorneurones; sex pheromone; Trichoplusia ni;
D O I
10.1016/0022-1910(79)90095-7
中图分类号
Q96 [昆虫学];
学科分类号
摘要
Electroantennogram (EAG) studies demonstrated that antennae of both male and female Trichoplusia ni have: (1) receptor-neurones sensitive to female pheromone, (2) a low response threshold, (3) an identical mean-percentage EAG curve over a broad concentration range of pheromone, and (4) a similar absolute recovery interval from adaptation to pheromonal stimulation. These factors suggest that antennae of male and female T. ni have homologous and homogeneous acceptor sites for the female pheromone. Pheromonal stimulation of female antennae elicited EAGs with only 25% of the amplitude of those elicited in males. © 1979.
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页码:161 / 167
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