Olfactory Basis of Moth-Hostplant Interactions

蛾与寄主植物相互作用的嗅觉基础

• 批准号: 9604134
• 负责人: John Hildebrand
• 金额: $ 26.37万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-03-15 至 2001-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9604134&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Olfactory; Basis; Moth; Hostplant; Interactions

9604134 Hildebrand Many insects, including significant agricultural pests, use their olfactory system to recognize and select plants for egg-laying sites and food. This multidisciplinary project analyzes the way volatile chemicals emitted by plants are used by insects to do this. Parallel studies analyze the release and chemical composition of plant chemicals and investigate the behavior of insects during odor guided recognition, orientation, and flight towards plants or their released chemicals. This project is one of the very few to address the important issue of insect-plant interactions comprehensively with attention given to the biology of plants, the chemistry of plant compounds, and the behavior and neurobiology of insects. Findings of this research will benefit ongoing basic research into plant chemistry and into the way organisms recognize, analyze, and respond to complex odors. It addition, the project should yield insights into insect-plant interactions that will be useful in the agricultural arena for designing new strategies for protection of crop plants from insect predation.

9604134希尔德布兰德许多昆虫，包括重要的农业害虫，使用它们的嗅觉系统来识别和选择植物作为产卵地点和食物。这个多学科的项目分析了昆虫如何利用植物释放的挥发性化学物质来做到这一点。平行研究分析植物化学物质的释放和化学成分，并调查昆虫在气味引导识别、定向和飞行过程中对植物或其释放的化学物质的行为。这个项目是少数几个全面解决昆虫-植物相互作用这一重要问题的项目之一，关注植物生物学、植物化合物化学以及昆虫的行为和神经生物学。这项研究的发现将有助于正在进行的植物化学基础研究，以及生物体识别、分析和响应复杂气味的方式。此外，该项目应该对昆虫与植物的相互作用产生见解，这将有助于农业领域设计保护农作物免受昆虫捕食的新战略。