Simple Summary The perception and processing of chemosensory stimuli are indispensable
to the survival of living organisms. In insects, olfaction and gustation play a critical role in …

Phenylacetaldehyde (PAH), an aromatic odorant, exists in varied fruits including overripe
bananas and prickly pear cactus, the 2 major host fruits of Drosophila melanogaster. It acts …

Endoclita signifier Walker (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae), a polyphagous insect, has become a
new wood-boring pest in Eucalyptus plantations in southern China since 2007, which …

Opsins are light-sensitive proteins that play a key role in animal vision and are related to the
ancient photoreceptive molecule rhodopsin found in unicellular organisms. In general …

From a unicellular bacterium to a more complex human, smell and taste form an integral part
of the basic sensory system. In fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster, the behavioral responses …

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the reinforcing effects that R. rosea has in larval D.
melanogaster, an established study case for associative learning. R. rosea root material was …