The chemistry of sexual deception in an orchid-wasp pollination system.
The "sexually deceptive" orchid Chiloglottis trapeziformis attracts males of its pollinator species, the thynnine wasp Neozeleboria cryptoides, by emitting a unique volatile compound, 2-ethyl-5-propylcyclohexan-1,3-dione, which is also produced by female wasps as a male-attracting sex pheromone.
Schiestl
Florian P
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School of Botany and Zoology, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia.
Peakall
Rod
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Mant
Jim G
JG
Ibarra
Fernando
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Schulz
Claudia
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Franke
Stephan
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Francke
Wittko
W
D000818:Animals; D003512:Cyclohexanones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D035264:Flowers / Q000378:metabolism; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D008297:Male; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009812:Odorants; D029595:Orchidaceae / Q000378:metabolism*; D011058:Pollen; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D014863:Wasps / Q000502:physiology*
C478538:2-ethyl-5-propylcyclohexan-1,3-dione; D003512:Cyclohexanones; D012724:Sex Attractants