Rectal glands and tergal glands as sources of volatile pheromones in cucumber fruit fly, Zeugodacus Cucumis

Abstract Male tephritid fruit flies typically emit pheromones from rectal glands to attract mates. Consistent with this, virgin females of the cucumber fruit fly, Zeugodacus cucumis (French), were found to be attracted to volatiles emitted by crushed male rectal glands in Y-tube olfactometer bioassa...

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Main Authors: Soo J Park, Jeanneth Pérez, Vivian Mendez, Phillip W Taylor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-84356-6
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