Olfactory Basis of Moth-Hostplant Interactions

小行星9604134 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产卵地点和食物的植物。这个多学科项目分析了植物释放的挥发性化学物质被昆虫利用的方式。平行研究分析了植物化学物质的释放和化学成分，并研究了昆虫在气味引导下对植物或其释放的化学物质的识别、定向和飞行过程中的行为。该项目是为数不多的全面解决昆虫-植物相互作用的重要问题的项目之一，关注植物生物学，植物化合物的化学以及昆虫的行为和神经生物学。这项研究的发现将有利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，该项目还将深入研究昆虫与植物的相互作用，这将有助于农业竞技场设计保护作物免受昆虫捕食的新策略。

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.