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Sequestration of defensive substances from plants by LepidopteraRitsuo Nishida
Laboratory of Chemical Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606 8502, Japan
Annu Rev Entomol 47:57-92. 2002..This review illustrates the biochemical, physiological, and ecological characteristics of phytochemical-based defense systems that can shed light on the evolution of the widely developed sequestering lifestyles among the Lepidoptera...
Behavioral and electrophysiological studies on the sexually biased synergism between oligosaccharides and phospholipids in gustatory perception of nuptial secretion by the German cockroachAyako Wada-Katsumata
Division of Applied Life Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
J Insect Physiol 55:742-50. 2009..The female-biased gustatory sensitivity seems to ensure successful coupling during the nuptial feeding...- Identification of astigmatid mites using the second internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) region and its application for phylogenetic studyKoji Noge
Laboratory of Chemical Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo ku, Kyoto 606 8502, Japan
Exp Appl Acarol 35:29-46. 2005..The species-specific ITS2 sequence is useful for the species identification of astigmatid mites and for studying low-level phylogenetic relationships... - Identification of volicitin-related compounds from the regurgitant of lepidopteran caterpillarsNaoki Mori
Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606 8502, Japan
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 67:1168-71. 2003..These results suggest that the proportion of volicitin-related compounds in the regurgitant was species-specific... 
Active role of fatty acid amino acid conjugates in nitrogen metabolism in Spodoptera litura larvaeNaoko Yoshinaga
Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606 8502, Japan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:18058-63. 2008....- In vitro biosynthesis of volicitin in Spodoptera lituraNaoko Yoshinaga
Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
Insect Biochem Mol Biol 35:175-84. 2005..These results suggest that FAA compounds are actively synthesized by caterpillar tissues and might play important physiological role(s) in glutamine metabolism... - Efficient incorporation of unsaturated fatty acids into volicitin-related compounds in Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)Takako Aboshi
Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 71:607-10. 2007.... - Absolute configuration of volicitin from the regurgitant of lepidopteran caterpillars and biological activity of volicitin-related compoundsYoshitsugu Sawada
Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 70:2185-90. 2006..These results show that the L-glutamine moiety of volicitin played a more critical role than the hydroxyl moiety, although both moieties affected the elicitor activity inducing the release of volatiles... - Efficient incorporation of free oxygen into volicitin in Spodoptera litura common cutworm larvaeChihiro Ishikawa
Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 73:1883-5. 2009..18)O-labeling of the hydroxyl group of volicitin was confirmed by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry-ion trap-time-of-flight (LC/MS-IT-TOF) and suggests the activity of a monooxygenase in volicitin biosynthesis... - Species-specific glucosylation of DIMBOA in larvae of the rice ArmywormHiroaki Sasai
Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 73:1333-8. 2009..These findings strongly suggest that glucosylation by UDP-glucosyltransferase(s) was important for detoxification to circumvent the defenses of host plants against M. separata larvae... - Oligosaccharide composition and pheromonal activity of male tergal gland secretions of the German cockroach, Blattella gennanica (L.)Satoshi Nojima
Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan
J Chem Ecol 28:1483-94. 2002..A complex mixture of these primary substances in the tergal gland secretions, thus, serves as a pheromonal phagostimulant in the precopulatory behavior, strongly eliciting feeding response in the female cockroach... - Fatty acid amides, previously identified in caterpillars, found in the cricket Teleogryllus taiwanemma and fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster larvaeNaoko Yoshinaga
Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606 8502, Japan
J Chem Ecol 33:1376-81. 2007.... - S-isorobinal as the female sex pheromone from an alarm pheromone-emitting mite, Rhizoglyphus setosusAtsuko Mizoguchi
Laboratory of Chemical Ecology, Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
Exp Appl Acarol 36:107-17. 2005..4 +/- 1.3 ng per male by GLC. This is the second example of two pheromones (the alarm pheromone neryl formate, and the sex pheromone S-isorobinal) demonstrated to be components of the same opisthonotal gland secretion... - Chemosensory basis of host recognition in butterflies--multi-component system of oviposition stimulants and deterrentsRitsuo Nishida
Laboratory of Chemical Ecology, Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan. kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Chem Senses 30:i293-4. 2005 - Alpha-acaridial a female sex pheromone from an alarm pheromone emilting mite Rhizoglyphus robiniAtsuko Mizoguchi
Laboratory of Chemical Ecology, Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
J Chem Ecol 29:1681-90. 2003..A mechanism for the appropriate expression of the two pheromones by the mites under different conditions is proposed... - Hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives in a nonhost rutaceous plant, Orixajaponica, deter both oviposition and larval feeding in a rutaceae-feeding swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus LHajime Ono
Laboratory of Chemical Ecology, Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
J Chem Ecol 30:287-301. 2004..xuthus, which suggests a congruent chemosensory mechanism of allomonal chemicals acting on both female tarsal chemoreceptors and larval maxillary taste receptors... - Specific incorporation of L-glutamine into volicitin in the regurgitant of Spodoptera lituraNaoko Yoshinaga
Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Japan
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 67:2655-7. 2003..litura fed on diets enriched with various amino acids. This selectivity of glutamine as a substrate was not due to a dominant occurrence in the insect gut... - Comparison of oligosaccharide compositions in male nuptial secretions of three cockroach species of the genus BlattellaSoichi Kugimiya
Laboratory of Chemical Ecology, Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
J Chem Ecol 29:2183-7. 2003..Such diversification of the male pheromonal compositions within the genus might be reflected by biosynthetic systems in males and chemosensory properties in females suited for their natural habitat... - Geraniol dehydrogenase, the key enzyme in biosynthesis of the alarm pheromone, from the astigmatid mite Carpoglyphus lactis (Acari: Carpoglyphidae)Koji Noge
Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan
FEBS J 275:2807-17. 2008..Phylogenetic analyses indicate that Car. lactis GeDH could be categorized as a new class, different from other established alcohol dehydrogenases... - Identification of crinosterol from astigamatid mitesKenjiro Murakami
Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606 8502, Japan
Insect Biochem Mol Biol 37:506-11. 2007..Although the details of the biosynthesis of crinosterol remain unknown, the discovery of crinosterol in the mites implies the existence of interesting sterol metabolisms in the animals... - A hemiterpene glucoside as a probing deterrent of the bean aphid, Megoura crassicauda, from a non-host vetch, Vicia hirsutaNaohiro Ohta
Laboratory of Chemical Ecology, Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
Phytochemistry 67:584-8. 2006..crassicauda. Since the stylet insertion process is a crucial step for the aphid's settlement on a plant, the glycoside seems to act as an effective chemical barrier for V. hirsuta... - Ultraweak photon emission from herbivory-injured maize plantsNaoko Yoshinaga
Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
Naturwissenschaften 93:38-41. 2006..These results suggest that the direct interaction between maize leaf cells and chemicals contained in caterpillar regurgitants triggers these photon emissions... - Scheloribatid mites as the source of pumiliotoxins in dendrobatid frogsWataru Takada
Department of Applied Life Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
J Chem Ecol 31:2403-15. 2005..Thus, one possible origin of pumiliotoxins, coccinellid alkaloids, and certain izidines found in poison frogs may be mites of the genus Scheloribates and perhaps related genera in the suborder Oribatida... - Acylated flavonol glycosides as probing stimulants of a bean aphid, Megoura crassicauda, from Vicia angustifoliaMasami Takemura
Laboratory of Chemical Ecology, Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
Phytochemistry 61:135-40. 2002..A mixture of these compounds in the same equivalency strongly induced the probing response from M. crassicauda, suggesting their kairomonal roles during host recognition... - 3-(4-Methyl-3-pentenyl)-2(5H)-furanone, alpha,alpha-acariolide and 4-(4-methyl-3-pentenyl)-2(5H)-furanone, alpha,beta-acariolide: new monoterpene lactones from the astigmatid mites, Schwiebea araujoae and Rhizoglyphus sp. (Astigmata: Acaridae)Hirokazu Tarui
Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 66:135-40. 2002..GC/MS and GC/FT-IR spectra of the preparation were identical to those of the natural product... - Phospholipid biosynthesis in the gut of Spodoptera litura larvae and effects of tannic acid ingestionTakako Aboshi
Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo ku, Kyoto, Japan
Insect Biochem Mol Biol 40:325-30. 2010..The activated diacylPC production leading to an increase of lysoPC in the larvae might be the adaptively-tuned mechanisms against plant tannins... - Floral phenylpropanoid cocktail and architecture of Bulbophyllum vinaceum orchid in attracting fruit flies for pollinationKeng Hong Tan
Tan Hak Heng Co, 20, Jalan Tan Jit Seng, 11200, Penang, Malaysia
J Chem Ecol 32:2429-41. 2006....