Putting smells into context: Using in vivo technologies to understand plant-insect odour signalling.

将气味置于背景中：利用体内技术了解植物昆虫气味信号。

• 批准号: DP0988150
• 负责人: Prof Myron Zalucki
• 金额: $ 41.6万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2009-01-01 至 2012-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0988150
• 关键词: Putting; smells; into; context; Using

How insects find host plants is central to understanding their basic ecology and management. We use a novel cross-disciplinary approach to target a key pest insect's responses to a host-plant, genetically modified to smell different. This insect pest, the cotton bollworm, costs the Australian economy millions in lost revenue every year. Reliance on insecticides to control insect pests is exacerbated by increasing insecticidal resistance and is a major economic, environmental and health concern. Our research will open the door to novel control strategies that use the natural odours of plants to reduce their attractiveness to insect pests.

昆虫如何找到寄主植物是了解它们的基本生态学和管理的核心。我们使用一种新的跨学科方法来瞄准关键害虫对寄主植物的反应，转基因植物闻起来不同。这种名为棉铃虫的害虫每年给澳大利亚经济造成数百万美元的收入损失。对杀虫剂控制害虫的依赖因杀虫剂抗药性的增加而加剧，是一个主要的经济、环境和健康问题。我们的研究将为新的控制策略打开大门，这些策略利用植物的自然气味来减少它们对害虫的吸引力。