Olfaction is an essential sensory modality for insects and their olfactory environment is
mostly made up of plant-emitted volatiles. The terrestrial vegetation produces an amazing …

Plant–insect interactions are not just influenced by interactions between plants and the
actively feeding stages, but also by the close relationships between plants and insect eggs …

Olfactory circuits change structurally and physiologically during development and adult life.
This allows insects to respond to olfactory cues in an appropriate and adaptive way …

Background Deciphering the molecular mechanisms mediating the chemical senses, taste,
and smell has been of vital importance for understanding the nature of how insects interact …

Spodoptera frugiperda consists of two genetically and behaviorally different strains, the corn-
and the rice-strain, which seem to be in the process of sympatric speciation. We investigated …

Background Plants under herbivore attack release volatiles that attract natural enemies, and
herbivores in turn avoid such plants. Whilst herbivore-induced plant volatile blends …

A survey of the new environmentally safe strategies used for insect control is presented. The
survey includes mating disruption, pheromone antagonists as chemical communication …

Background Carboxyl/cholinesterases (CCEs) are highly diversified in insects. These
enzymes have a broad range of proposed functions, in neuro/developmental processes …

Intraspecific communication involves the activation of chemoreceptors and subsequent
activation of different central areas that coordinate the responses of the entire organism …

In the moth, Agrotis ipsilon, newly mated males cease to be attracted to the female-produced
sex pheromone, preventing them from re-mating until the next night, by which time they …