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    Reflex activation of locust flight motoneurones by proprioceptors responsive to muscle contractions (1996)
    Springer
    Journal of comparative physiology 180 (1996), S. 91-98 
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    ISSN: 1432-1351
    Keywords: Keywords Afferent control ; Chordotonal organs ; Insect flight ; Locomotion ; Motor patterns
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  This report investigates the reflex activation of locust flight motoneurones following their spiking activity. As shown elsewhere, an electrical stimulus applied to a flight muscle produces multiple waves of delayed excitation in wing elevator and depressor motoneurones. Nerve ablation experiments show that this response is initiated by the mechanical movement of the stimulated muscle, and not the antidromic spike evoked in the motoneurone. The delayed excitation still occurs in the absence of inputs from the wing receptor systems, and also when all other sources of afferent feedback are abolished, excepting thoracic nerve 2. Following complete deafferentation, spikes in flight motoneurones had no influence on other flight motoneurones. Numerous afferents in the purely sensory nerve 2 are excited by flight muscle contractions. The responses are consistent for repeated contractions of the same muscle, but differ when other muscles are stimulated. During tethered flight, changes in the activation of single flight muscles are reflected in changes of the nerve 2 discharge pattern. Electrical stimulation of this nerve causes delayed excitation of flight motoneurones, and can initiate flight activity. It is suggested that internal proprioceptors, such as those associated with nerve 2, will contribute to shaping the final motor output for flight behaviour.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003590050030
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    Developmental inhibition ofSpodoptera litura (Fab.) larvae by a novel caffeoylquinic acid from the wild groundnut,Arachis paraguariensis (Chod et Hassl.) (1993)
    Springer
    Journal of chemical ecology 19 (1993), S. 2917-2933 
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    ISSN: 1573-1561
    Keywords: Spodoptera litura ; Lepidoptera ; Noctuidae ; Arachis paraguariensis ; wild groundnuts ; caffeoylquinic acids ; resistance ; rutin ; quercetin ; phenolics ; growth inhibition ; Arachis hypogaea
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract A novel compound, 1-caffeoyl-4-deoxyquinic acid (1-CdQA) has been identified along with 3-caffeoylquinic acid (3-CQA) and 5-caffeoylquinic acid (5-CQA) (syn. chlorogenic acid) in the foliage ofArachis paraguariensis, a wild species of groundnut that is highly resistant to attack by the larvae ofSpodoptera litura. When neonate larvae were fed on diets treated with 3-CQA or 1-CdQA, their development was severely inhibited compared to larvae on untreated diets, and the effects were similar in nature and magnitude to those observed for larvae feeding on diets treated with 5-CQA, rutin, and quercetin. The effects of all the compounds were dose related, and their optimal concentration was approximately 3 mM, which corresponds to the total foliar concentration of both caffeoylquinic acids and quercetin diglycosides inA. paraguariensis. After 24 h, the development of third stadium larvae feeding on diets treated with 5-CQA, rutin and 1-CdQA was promoted compared to larvae on control diets, but after 96 hr larvae feeding on treated diets had gained significantly less weight than those on the control diets. 1-CdQA, 3-CQA, and quercetin dyglycosides (previously identified in the foliage ofA. paraguariensis) are considered to be valuable components in resistance of groundnuts toS. litura and may provide useful genetic markers in future breeding for resistance to this pest.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00980592
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