ArticleJournal of chemical ecology2018
The Dynamics of Pheromone Gland Synthesis and Release: a Paradigm Shift for Understanding Sex Pheromone Quantity in Female Moths.
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- Stored alcohol and fatty acid intermediates and the biosynthesis of sex pheromone aldehyde in the moth Chloridea virescens.Journal of chemical ecology · 2024Article
- Aerosol Alteration of Behavioral Response to Pheromone in Bombyx mori.Journal of chemical ecology · 2023Article
- Some Factors Influencing Calling Behavior and Mass Emission Rate of Sex Pheromone from the Gland of the Moth Chloridea virescens.Journal of chemical ecology · 2022Article
- Sex pheromone signal and stability covary with fitness.Royal Society open science · 2021Article
- Sex pheromone biosynthesis, storage and release in a female moth: making a little go a long way.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2020Article
- Insect pectinate antennae maximize odor capture efficiency at intermediate flight speeds.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Article
- How Adsorption of Pheromones on Aerosols Controls Their Transport.ACS central science · 2020Article
- The Effect of Pheromone Synthesis and Gland Retraction on Translocation and Dynamics of Pheromone Release in the Moth Chloridea virescens.Journal of chemical ecology · 2020Article
- Do Helicoverpa armigera Moths Signal Their Fecundity by Emission of an Antagonist?Journal of chemical ecology · 2020Article
- Calling Behavior and Sex Pheromone Release and Storage in the Moth Chloridea virescens.Journal of chemical ecology · 2020Article
- Production and Distribution of Aldehyde and Alcohol Sex Pheromone Components in the Pheromone Gland of Females of the Moth Chloridea virescens.Journal of chemical ecology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Moths are exemplars of chemical communication, especially with regard to specificity and the minute amounts they use. Yet, little is known about how females manage synthesis and storage of pheromone to maintain release rates attractive to conspecific males and why such small amounts are used. We developed, for the first time, a quantitative model, based on an extensive empirical data set, describing the dynamical relationship among synthesis, storage (titer) and release of pheromone over time in a moth (Heliothis virescens). The model is compartmental, with one major state variable (titer), one time-varying (synthesis), and two constant (catabolism and release) rates. The model was a good fit, suggesting it accounted for the major processes. Overall, we found the relatively small amounts of pheromone stored and released were largely a function of high catabolism rather than a low rate of synthesis. A paradigm shift may be necessary to understand the low amounts released by female moths, away from the small quantities synthesized to the (relatively) large amounts catabolized. Future research on pheromone quantity should focus on structural and physicochemical processes that limit storage and release rate quantities. To our knowledge, this is the first time that pheromone gland function has been modeled for any animal.
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