Insect Pheromone Research: New Directions

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Neural and Endocrine Control of Pheromone Production and Release in Cockroaches....Pages 3-20
Control of Pheromone Production in Moths....Pages 21-30
Regulation of Pheromone Production in Lepidoptera: The Need for an Ecological Perspective....Pages 31-41
Interaction of PBAN with Biosynthetic Enzymes....Pages 42-45
PBAN Regulation of Sex Pheromone Biosynthesis in Spodoptera littoralis ....Pages 46-53
The Effect of PBAN on Conversion of Fatty Acyls to Pheromone Aldehydes in Female Manduca sexta ....Pages 54-55
Structure—Function Relationship of PBAN/MRCH....Pages 56-63
Multifunctionality of PBAN-Related Neuropeptides: Melanotropic Activity of FXPRLamide Peptides....Pages 64-73
Physiological and Cellular Mode of Action of Pheromone Biosynthesis Activating Neuropeptide (PBAN) in the Control of Pheromonotropic Activity of Female Moths....Pages 74-82
Mode of Action of Pheromone Biosynthesis Activating Neuropeptide in Bombyx mori ....Pages 83-95
Involvement of the Nervous System with PBAN....Pages 96-100
Pheromonotropism in Insects: Molecules to Molecular Biology....Pages 101-108
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Sensory Processing of Pheromone Signals....Pages 111-114
Molecular Mechanisms of Pheromone Reception in Insect Antennae....Pages 115-130
Pheromone-Binding Proteins, Pheromone Recognition, and Signal Transduction in Moth Olfaction....Pages 131-143
Olfactory Coding Mechanisms for Pheromone and Interspecific Signal Information in Related Moth Species....Pages 144-163
Antennal Lobe Projection Patterns of Pheromone-Specific Olfactory Receptor Neurons in Moths....Pages 164-183
Anatomical and Physiological Diversity in the Central Processing of Sex-Pheromonal Information in Different Moth Species....Pages 184-193
Neuroendocrine Factors in the Photoperiodic Control of Male Moth Responsiveness to Sex Pheromone....Pages 194-209
Neurobiology of Pheromonal Signal Processing in Insects....Pages 210-217
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Odor Plumes and the Signal They Provide....Pages 221-231
A Tentative Intercausal Nexus and Its Computer Model on Insect Orientation in Windborne Pheromone Plumes....Pages 232-247
Pheromone-Mediated Flight in Moths....Pages 248-264
Modulation of Pheromone-Mediated Flight in Male Moths....Pages 265-274
Mechanisms of Flight of Male Moths to Pheromone....Pages 275-290
Pheromone Processing in the Lateral Accessory Lobes of the Moth Brain: Flip-Flopping Signals Related to Zigzagging Upwind Walking....Pages 291-303
Active Behavior and Reflexive Responses: Another Perspective on Odor-Modulated Locomotion....Pages 304-319
Neuroethological Study of Pheromone-Modulated Responses....Pages 320-329
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Mechanisms of Mating Disruption in Moths....Pages 333-346
Measuring Pheromone Concentrations in Cotton Fields with the EAG Method....Pages 347-358
Measuring Pheromone Dispersion in the Field with the Single Sensillum Recording Technique....Pages 359-371
Mating Disruption of the Codling Moth....Pages 372-376
Mating Disruption in European Vineyards....Pages 377-382
Successful Area-Wide Program to Control Pink Bollworm by Mating Disruption....Pages 383-396
Integrating Pheromones into Vegetable Crop Production....Pages 397-410
Mating Disruption of the Lightbrown Apple Moth: Portable Electroantennogram Equipment and Other Aspects....Pages 411-420
Disruption of Semiochemical-Mediated Aggregation in Bark Beetles....Pages 421-438
First Steps in the Use of Aphid Sex Pheromones....Pages 439-444
Putting Pheromones to Work: Paths Forward for Direct Control....Pages 445-459
Front Matter....Pages 461-461
Pheromone and Morphology-Based Phylogenies in New Zealand Tortricid Moths....Pages 463-472
Front Matter....Pages 461-461
A Phylogenetic Analysis of Pheromone Communication in Primitive Moths....Pages 473-489
Evolution of Male Lepidopteran Pheromones: A Phylogenetic Perspective....Pages 490-504
Evolution of Sex Pheromone Communication in Plant-Feeding Scarab Beetles....Pages 505-513
A Genetic Study on Pheromonal Communication in Two Ctenopseustis Moths....Pages 514-524
Genetics of Pheromone Communication in the Cabbage Looper Moth, Trichoplusia ni ....Pages 525-534
Effects of Interspecific Hybridization Between Heliothis virescens and Heliothis subflexa on the Sex Pheromone Communication System....Pages 535-547
Can Population Genetic Simulations Help to Interpret Pheromone Evolution?....Pages 548-562
Genetics and Phylogenetics in the Evolution of Sex Pheromones....Pages 563-579
Back Matter....Pages 580-684