Identification of multiple odorant receptors essential for pyrethrum repellency in Drosophila melanogaster.

Pyrethrum extract from dry flowers of Tanacetum cinerariifolium (formally Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium) has been used globally as a popular insect repellent against arthropod pests for thousands of years. However, the mechanistic basis of pyrethrum repellency remains unknown. In this study, we foun...

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Main Authors: Qiang Wang, Peng Xu, Felipe Andreazza, Yahui Liu, Yoshiko Nomura, Phil Duran, Lan Jiang, Mengli Chen, Genki Takamatsu, Makoto Ihara, Kazuhiko Matsuda, Rufus Isaacs, Eugenio E Oliveira, Yuzhe Du, Ke Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-07-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009677