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Central processing of plant volatiles in Agrotis ipsilon males is age-independent in contrast to sex pheromone processing.

Greiner, Birgit LU ; Gadenne, Christophe and Anton, Sylvia LU (2002) In Chemical Senses 27(1). p.8-45
Abstract
Male moths rely on female sex pheromones to find their mating partner and on plant volatiles for the detection of food sources. In the noctuid moth, Agrotis ipsilon, plasticity of central sex pheromone processing has been shown previously in the antennal lobe. The sensitivity of antennal lobe interneurons increases with age and juvenile hormone level. Here we investigated whether age affects not only central sex pheromone processing, but also central processing of plant volatiles in A. ipsilon males. Intracellular recordings of antennal lobe interneurons were made in males of different ages after stimulation of the antennae with seven different plant volatiles. The sensitivity and specificity of the antennal lobe interneurons for any of... (More)
Male moths rely on female sex pheromones to find their mating partner and on plant volatiles for the detection of food sources. In the noctuid moth, Agrotis ipsilon, plasticity of central sex pheromone processing has been shown previously in the antennal lobe. The sensitivity of antennal lobe interneurons increases with age and juvenile hormone level. Here we investigated whether age affects not only central sex pheromone processing, but also central processing of plant volatiles in A. ipsilon males. Intracellular recordings of antennal lobe interneurons were made in males of different ages after stimulation of the antennae with seven different plant volatiles. The sensitivity and specificity of the antennal lobe interneurons for any of the plant volatiles tested did not change with age. From these results we conclude that the sensitivity of the antennal lobe interneurons involved in central plant volatile processing is age-independent and that the action of juvenile hormone is specific for central sex pheromone processing in A. ipsilon males. (Less)
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  author       = {{Greiner, Birgit and Gadenne, Christophe and Anton, Sylvia}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{8--45}},
  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{Chemical Senses}},
  title        = {{Central processing of plant volatiles in <i>Agrotis ipsilon</i> males is age-independent in contrast to sex pheromone processing.}},
  url          = {{http://chemse.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/27/1/45}},
  volume       = {{27}},
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