Odorant recognition in insect olfactory system to control insect behaviour

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This project seeks to develop new insights into insect’s ability to detect odour and to identify potential attractant compounds to support the development of environmentally safer insect pest control strategies. Insect reliance on senses to detect food has considerable potential for the development of odour-based behaviour control methods. Odorant binding proteins (OBPs) are an ideal molecular target to identify odorant-based insect attractants from a large pool of compounds. However, our understanding of the molecular mechanism that mediates chemoreception in insects is limited. This project may provide valuable insight into the role of OBPs in molecular recognition in insects and develop a new way to screen attractants based on the binding ability of OBPs to compounds.