Chemical inducers of oviposition for the corn earworm, Heliothis zea (Boddie).
The corn earworm moth lays its eggs in the vicinity of triacetin, an ingredient of felt-tipped marking pens. Related compounds also induce this behavior. A bioassay was devised to measure the activity of chemicals as oviposition inducers.
D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D002452:Cell Count; D002633:Chemotaxis; D005260:Female; D005989:Glycerides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006018:Glycols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007300:Insect Control; D007313:Insecta / Q000502:physiology*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D010063:Ovum; D011409:Propylene Glycols / Q000494:pharmacology*
D005989:Glycerides; D006018:Glycols; D011409:Propylene Glycols