ArticleJournal of chemical ecology2015
Floral volatiles in a sapromyiophilous plant and their importance in attracting house fly pollinators.
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- Phylogenetic history shapes the composition of floral scents in a specialized pollination mutualism.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- Advances and Prospects in Odour-based Management of Filth Flies.Journal of chemical ecology · 2026Review
- Antennae of psychodid and sphaerocerid flies respond to a high variety of floral scent compounds of deceptive Arum maculatum L.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Diverse roles of microbial indole compounds in eukaryotic systems.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2021Review
- Floral Scent Evolution in the GenusPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- An Integrated-Omics/Chemistry Approach Unravels Enzymatic and Spontaneous Steps to Form Flavoalkaloidal Nudicaulin Pigments in Flowers ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Identification of the Volatile Components ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Floral Scent Chemistry of Luculia yunnanensis (Rubiaceae), a Species Endemic to China with Sweetly Fragrant Flowers.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Article
- Unveiling the osmophores of Philodendron adamantinum (Araceae) as a means to understanding interactions with pollinators.Annals of botany · 2017Article
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Abstract
Floral scent in sapromyiophilous plants often consists of complex blends with not only fetid (e.g., sulfides) but also sweet (e.g., terpenoids) volatile organic compounds, and a recent study suggests that both groups of compounds are involved in pollinator attraction. However, little is known about the number and identity of compounds involved in pollinator attraction in these deceptive plants that mimic breeding sites of fly pollinators. In the present paper, we studied flower volatiles of sapromyiophilous Periploca laevigata and their capability to elicit biological responses in one of the pollinator species, Musca domestica. Floral volatiles were collected by dynamic headspace and analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), and electrophysiological (GC/EAD) and behavioral assays (two choice olfactometer) were conducted. In the floral scent of P. laevigata, we detected 44 compounds, of which indole, β-caryophyllene, and germacrene D, as well as dimethyl trisulfide, which was present in trace amounts, were electrophysiologically active in the antennae of M. domestica. However, when we evaluated in behavioral experiments the attractiveness of the electrophysiologically active compounds (complete mixture against partial mixtures or against single compounds), we found that indole was the only attractive compound for the flies.
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