Arthropod semiochemicals: mosquitoes, midges and sealice

Signalling chemicals play an essential role in arthropod life cycles. They provide the means whereby mates, host and oviposition sites are located and recognized. The identification of such semiochemicals (sex pheromones, host location and habitat-related cues) in mosquitoes, midges and sealice of f...

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Published inBiochemical Society transactions Vol. 31; no. Pt 1; p. 128
Main Author Luntz, A J Mordue
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.02.2003
Subjects
Animals
Arthropods - metabolism
Crustacea - metabolism
Culicidae - metabolism
Diptera - metabolism
Female
Male
Models, Chemical
Odorants
Pheromones
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Signal Transduction
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Summary:Signalling chemicals play an essential role in arthropod life cycles. They provide the means whereby mates, host and oviposition sites are located and recognized. The identification of such semiochemicals (sex pheromones, host location and habitat-related cues) in mosquitoes, midges and sealice of farmed salmon is revealing ways in which such devastating pests may be monitored and controlled by behavioural means using push-pull strategies to manipulate the pests away from hosts and into traps.
ISSN:0300-5127
DOI:10.1042/bst0310128