What is it about?
Male fruit flies are attracted to and rewarded by feeding on a flower component - zingerone; and gain mating advantage in being more attractive to female flies. The orchid flowers are pollinated in this interaction with male fruit flies
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Why is it important?
A new fruit fly attractant identified that attracts both raspberry- and methyl eugenol-responsive Dacini fruit fly species.
Perspectives
In this article, the actual chemical that attracts insect pollinators was first identified.
Dr. Keng-Hong Tan
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This page is a summary of: , Journal of Chemical Ecology, January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005477926244.
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