BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Integrated Pest Management, Methylparaben, Skatole
16 May 2016
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Substance produced by an organism that elicits a speci c unlearned response in. Allows female to attract a mate! another member of the same species! Moths can detect moths from miles away w/ its specialized antennae! Cardboard boxes coated with glue sprayed with the fragrance! 75 000 virgin cockroaches to obtain 20 g! To see if a spy had gone to a location! Flower pheromone is more attractive than female wasp! Sprays to mask your dog bitch spray ! Very sensitive to a chemical in the truf e! Androstenone used in boar spray in order to inseminate females! Distinctive in certain types of bad breath! Flavour and fragrance industry makes large amounts ! Civet oil form the civet cat - per kilo! Muscone (in deer glands) ----> musk ketone (synthetic)! Most pheromones require vomeronasal organ to detect pheromones! Some research suggests that there are unlearned responses! Most likely does not work because of higher cognitive function!
