ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2017
Multi-functional roles of a soldier-specific volatile as a worker arrestant, primer pheromone and an antimicrobial agent in a termite.
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- Target Detection Method for Soil-Dwelling Termite Damage Based on MCD-YOLOv8.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Volatile Organic Compounds of Diverse Origins and Their Changes Associated With Cultivar Decay in a Fungus-Farming Termite.Environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- The Trail-Following Communication in Stylotermes faveolus and S. halumicus (Blattodea, Isoptera, Stylotermitidae).Journal of chemical ecology · 2023Article
- Caste-specific expressions and diverse roles of takeout genes in the termite Reticulitermes speratus.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Influence of Soldiers on Exploratory Foraging Behavior in the Formosan Subterranean Termite,Insects · 2023Article
- The tropical cookbook: Termite diet and phylogenetics-Over geographical origin-Drive the microbiome and functional genetic structure of nests.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Comparison of gene expression profiles among caste differentiations in the termite Reticulitermes speratus.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Production and Functionalities of Specialized Metabolites from Different Organic Sources.Metabolites · 2022Review
- The Floral Signals of the Inconspicuous OrchidBiology · 2022Article
- Ecological and Molecular Interactions between Insects and Fungi.Microorganisms · 2022Article
- A High Soldier Proportion Encouraged the Greater Antifungal Immunity in a Subterranean Termite.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Molecular characterization and expression variation of the odorant receptor co-receptor in the Formosan subterranean termite.PloS one · 2022Article
- Age-Dependent Increase in Soldier Pheromone of the Termite Reticulitermes speratus.Journal of chemical ecology · 2020Article
- Chemical identification of an aggregation pheromone in the termite Reticulitermes speratus.Scientific reports · 2020Article
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- Transcriptomic changes during caste development through social interactions in the termiteEcology and evolution · 2019Article
- Volatile Terpenes and Terpenoids from Workers and Queens ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
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Abstract
Division of labour in eusocial insects is characterized by efficient communication systems based on pheromones. Among such insects, termites have evolved specialized sterile defenders, called soldiers. Because they are incapable of feeding themselves, it has been suggested that soldiers are sustained by workers and emit the pheromone arresting workers. However, such a soldier pheromone has not been identified in any termite species, and the details of the soldier-worker interaction remain to be explored. Here, we identified a soldier-specific volatile sesquiterpene as a worker arrestant, which also acts as a primer pheromone regulating soldier differentiation and fungistatic agent in a termite
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