| Literature DB >> 24318553 |
T L Payne1, J C Dickens, J V Richerson.
Abstract
Insect predators can be guided to their prey by a kairomonal response to the prey pheromone. We found this phenomenon to be highly specific in the bark beetle predatorThanasimus dubius. Olfactory responses and behavioral tests revealed that the predator is guided to its major preyDendroctonusfrontalis by the primary enantiomer of the pheromone of the prey, (1S, 5R)-(-)-frontalin. These and other findings suggest the co-evolution of a kairomone system of the predator and the pheromone system of its prey.Year: 1984 PMID: 24318553 DOI: 10.1007/BF00988094
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Chem Ecol ISSN: 0098-0331 Impact factor: 2.626