4-Vinylanisole is an aggregation pheromone in locusts
@article{Guo20204VinylanisoleIA, title={4-Vinylanisole is an aggregation pheromone in locusts}, author={Xiaojiao Guo and Qiaoqiao Yu and Dafeng Chen and Jianing Wei and Pengcheng Yang and Jia Yu and Xianhui Wang and Le Kang}, journal={Nature}, year={2020}, pages={1-5} }
Locust plagues threaten agricultural and environmental safety throughout the world 1 , 2 . Aggregation pheromones have a crucial role in the transition of locusts from a solitary form to the devastating gregarious form and the formation of large-scale swarms 3 , 4 . However, none of the candidate compounds reported 5 – 7 meet all the criteria for a locust aggregation pheromone. Here, using behavioural assays, electrophysiological recording, olfactory receptor characterization and field…
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