Peripheral coding of sex pheromone blends with reverse ratios in two helicoverpa species.

The relative proportions of components in a pheromone blend play a major role in sexual recognition in moths. Two sympatric species, Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa assulta, use (Z)-11-hexadecenal (Z11-16: Ald) and (Z)-9-hexadecenal (Z9-16: Ald) as essential sex pheromone components but in very...

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Main Authors: Han Wu, Chao Hou, Ling-Qiao Huang, Fu-Shun Yan, Chen-Zhu Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3720945?pdf=render