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"Allohormones": a new class of bioactive substances or old wine in new skins?

scientific article published on 20 February 2002

4-methylquinazoline is a minor component of the male sex pheromone in Nasonia vitripennis.

scientific article

A male sex pheromone in a parasitic wasp and control of the behavioral response by the female's mating status.

scientific article published in June 2007

A male sex pheromone in a scorpionfly.

scientific article published on 12 May 2007

A nonspecific defensive compound evolves into a competition avoidance cue and a female sex pheromone

scientific article published on January 2013

Acetone application for administration of bioactive substances has no negative effects on longevity, fitness, and sexual communication in a parasitic wasp

scientific article published in 2021

Alcoholism in cockchafers: orientation of male Melolontha melolontha towards green leaf alcohols

scientific article published in June 2002

An epoxide hydrolase involved in the biosynthesis of an insect sex attractant and its use to localize the production site.

scholarly article

An insect with a delta-12 desaturase, the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis, benefits from nutritional supply with linoleic acid

scientific article published on 26 April 2016

An oral male courtship pheromone terminates the response of Nasonia vitripennis females to the male-produced sex attractant.

scientific article published on 27 December 2013

Avoid mistakes when choosing a new home: Nest choice and adoption of Leptothorax ant queens.

scientific article published on 15 June 2015

Behavioural and genetic analyses of Nasonia shed light on the evolution of sex pheromones.

scientific article

Behavioural flexibility of the chemical defence in the parasitoid wasp Leptopilina heterotoma.

scientific article published on 22 October 2015

Composition of cuticular lipids in the pteromalid wasp Lariophagus distinguendus is host dependent.

scientific article

Correction: Evaluation of a push-pull approach for Aedes aegypti (L.) using a novel dispensing system for spatial repellents in the laboratory and in a semi-field environment.

scientific article published on 24 July 2015

Costs of female odour in males of the parasitic wasp Lariophagus distinguendus (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae).

scientific article published on 11 March 2008

Courtship pheromones in parasitic wasps: comparison of bioactive and inactive hydrocarbon profiles by multivariate statistical methods.

scientific article published in March 2007

Covariation and phenotypic integration in chemical communication displays: biosynthetic constraints and eco-evolutionary implications.

scientific article published on 3 March 2017

Cuticular lipid profiles of fertile and non-fertile Cardiocondyla ant queens.

scientific article

De novo Synthesis of Linoleic Acid in Multiple Collembola Species.

scientific article

De novo biosynthesis of fatty acids from α-D-glucose in parasitoid wasps of the Nasonia group

scientific article published on 23 October 2019

Deciphering the signature of cuticular lipids with contact sex pheromone function in a parasitic wasp ⬇️

scientific article published on July 15, 2012

Effects of sub‐nanogram doses of acetamiprid, dimethoate, flupyradifurone, and sulfoxaflor on courtship, mating, and olfactory host finding of the parasitic wasp <i>Lariophagus distinguendus</i>

scientific article published in 2024

Enantioselective synthesis and determination of the absolute configuration of the male sex pheromone of the parasitoid wasp Urolepis rufipes

scientific article published on 22 April 2020

Epimerisation of chiral hydroxylactones by short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases accounts for sex pheromone evolution in Nasonia

scientific article (publication date: 5 October 2016)

Evaluation of a Push-Pull Approach for Aedes aegypti (L.) Using a Novel Dispensing System for Spatial Repellents in the Laboratory and in a Semi-Field Environment

scientific article published on 26 June 2015

Functional characterisation of two Δ12-desaturases demonstrates targeted production of linoleic acid as pheromone precursor in Nasonia

scientific article published on 16 May 2019

High chemical diversity in a wasp pheromone: a blend of methyl 6-methylsalicylate, fatty alcohol acetates and cuticular hydrocarbons releases courtship behavior in the Drosophila parasitoid Asobara tabida

scientific article

Host habitat assessment by a parasitoid using fungal volatiles

scientific article published on 6 February 2007

How parasitoid females produce sexy sons: a causal link between oviposition preference, dietary lipids and mate choice in Nasonia.

scientific article published on 23 March 2011

Interference of chemical defence and sexual communication can shape the evolution of chemical signals

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

Laboratory evaluation techniques to investigate the spatial potential of repellents for push and pull mosquito control systems.

scientific article published on November 2012

Larvae of the parasitoid wasp Ampulex compressa sanitize their host, the American cockroach, with a blend of antimicrobials.

scientific article

Make love not war: a common arthropod defence compound as sex pheromone in the forest cockchafer Melolontha hippocastani

scientific article published on 01 June 2001

Mapping key amino acid residues for the epimerase efficiency and stereospecificity of the sex pheromone biosynthetic short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases of Nasonia

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Mechanism and behavioral context of male sex pheromone release in Nasonia vitripennis.

scientific article published on 24 April 2009

Nest etiquette--where ants go when nature calls.

scientific article

Olfactory host finding, intermediate memory and its potential ecological adaptation in Nasonia vitripennis.

scientific article

Phenol--another cockchafer attractant shared by Melolontha hippocastani Fabr. and M. melolontha L.

scientific article published in September 2002

Pheromone Research—Still Something to Write Home About

scientific article published on 01 March 2014

Pheromone communication in Nasonia vitripennis: abdominal sex attractant mediates site fidelity of releasing males.

scientific article published on 22 December 2010

Pheromone diversification and age-dependent behavioural plasticity decrease interspecific mating costs in Nasonia.

scientific article

Plant-plant signaling: ethylene synergizes volatile emission in Zea mays induced by exposure to (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol.

scientific article published on 17 August 2005

Previous Interspecific Courtship Impairs Female Receptivity to Conspecifics in the Parasitoid Wasp But Not in

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Semiochemicals Mediating Defense, Intraspecific Competition, and Mate Finding in Leptopilina ryukyuensis and L. japonica (Hymenoptera: Figitidae), Parasitoids of Drosophila

scientific article published on 13 February 2019

Size Exclusion High Performance Liquid Chromatography: Re-Discovery of a Rapid and Versatile Method for Clean-Up and Fractionation in Chemical Ecology

scientific article published on 6 May 2015

Solid Phase Micro-extraction (SPME) with In Situ Transesterification: An Easy Method for the Detection of Non-volatile Fatty Acid Derivatives on the Insect Cuticle

scientific article published on 31 May 2015

Species Specificity of the Putative Male Antennal Aphrodisiac Pheromone in Leptopilina heterotoma, Leptopilina boulardi, and Leptopilina victoriae

scientific article

Stereoselective chemical defense in the Drosophila parasitoid Leptopilina heterotoma is mediated by (-)-iridomyrmecin and (+)-isoiridomyrmecin.

scientific article published on 5 April 2012

Structure, chemical composition and putative function of the postpharyngeal gland of the emerald cockroach wasp, Ampulex compressa (Hymenoptera, Ampulicidae).

scientific article published on 21 January 2011

Sublethal Effects of Four Insecticides Targeting Cholinergic Neurons on Partner and Host Finding in the Parasitic Wasp <i>Nasonia vitripennis</i>

scientific article published in 2023

Sublethal doses of imidacloprid disrupt sexual communication and host finding in a parasitoid wasp

scientific article

The Post-mating Switch in the Pheromone Response of Nasonia Females Is Mediated by Dopamine and Can Be Reversed by Appetitive Learning.

scientific article published on 30 January 2018

The attraction of virgin female hide beetles (Dermestes maculatus) to cadavers by a combination of decomposition odour and male sex pheromones ⬇️

scientific article published on August 14, 2012

The importance of carcass volatiles as attractants for the hide beetle Dermestes maculatus (De Geer) ⬇️

scientific article published on July 8, 2011

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