Isolation and Identification of Termite Trail-following Pheromone
Isolation and Identification of Termite Trail-following Pheromone
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白蚁循迹信息素的分离与鉴定
作者：
F. Matsumura;H. Coppel;A. Tai
昆虫信息素，化学控制高度专业化的社会昆虫物种的行为已经得到很好的记录1。这些信息素之一，白蚁跟踪物质，是由不同种类的白蚁工人的胸骨腺分泌的，显然是为了标记相同物种的其他工人的合适木材的来源2，3。当这种分泌物在固体物体表面形成条纹时，它就有能力引导白蚁工人沿着这条线索前进。
INSECT pheromones that control chemically the behaviour of highly specialized social insect species have been well documented1. One of these pheromones, termite trail-following substance, is secreted by the sternal glands of various species of termite workers apparently to mark the source of suitable wood for other workers of the same species2,3. When the secretion is streaked across the surface of a solid object it has the power to guide the termite workers along that trail.