ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2013
Neural coding merges sex and habitat chemosensory signals in an insect herbivore.
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- Insect Odorscapes: From Plant Volatiles to Natural Olfactory Scenes.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Review
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- Antennal transcriptomes of three tortricid moths reveal putative conserved chemosensory receptors for social and habitat olfactory cues.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Candidate pheromone receptors of codling moth Cydia pomonella respond to pheromones and kairomones.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- A Background of a Volatile Plant Compound Alters Neural and Behavioral Responses to the Sex Pheromone Blend in a Moth.Frontiers in physiology · 2017Article
- Non-Host Plant Volatiles Disrupt Sex Pheromone Communication in a Specialist Herbivore.Scientific reports · 2016Article
- Multimodal interaction in the insect brain.BMC neuroscience · 2016Article
- The chemosensory receptors of codling moth Cydia pomonella-expression in larvae and adults.Scientific reports · 2016Article
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Abstract
Understanding the processing of odour mixtures is a focus in olfaction research. Through a neuroethological approach, we demonstrate that different odour types, sex and habitat cues are coded together in an insect herbivore. Stronger flight attraction of codling moth males, Cydia pomonella, to blends of female sex pheromone and plant odour, compared with single compounds, was corroborated by functional imaging of the olfactory centres in the insect brain, the antennal lobes (ALs). The macroglomerular complex (MGC) in the AL, which is dedicated to pheromone perception, showed an enhanced response to blends of pheromone and plant signals, whereas the response in glomeruli surrounding the MGC was suppressed. Intracellular recordings from AL projection neurons that transmit odour information to higher brain centres, confirmed this synergistic interaction in the MGC. These findings underscore that, in nature, sex pheromone and plant odours are perceived as an ensemble. That mating and habitat cues are coded as blends in the MGC of the AL highlights the dual role of plant signals in habitat selection and in premating sexual communication. It suggests that the MGC is a common target for sexual and natural selection in moths, facilitating ecological speciation.
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