Male sex pheromone in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia longicornis: Chemical and behavioral analyses by Alisa Kurtanovic, John Hofferberth, Joachim Ruther

“…The use of sex pheromones for the attraction of potential mating partners is widespread in insects. …”
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Expansion of the fatty acyl reductase gene family shaped pheromone communication in Hymenoptera by Michal Tupec, Aleš Buček, Václav Janoušek, Heiko Vogel, Darina Prchalová, Jiří Kindl, Tereza Pavlíčková, Petra Wenzelová, Ullrich Jahn, Irena Valterová, Iva Pichová

“…While some FARs are involved in pheromone biosynthesis, the biological significance of the large number of FARs in insect genomes remains unclear. …”
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Structure of a pheromone receptor-associated MHC molecule with an open and empty groove. by Rich Olson, Kathryn E Huey-Tubman, Catherine Dulac, Pamela J Bjorkman

“…This interaction may play a direct role in the detection of pheromonal cues that initiate reproductive and territorial behaviors. …”
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Pheromone-based communication influences the production of somatic extracellular vesicles in C. elegans by Agata Szczepańska, Katarzyna Olek, Klaudia Kołodziejska, Jingfang Yu, Abdulrahman Tudu Ibrahim, Laura Adamkiewicz, Frank C. Schroeder, Wojciech Pokrzywa, Michał Turek

“…In contrast, pheromone produced by other hermaphrodites, ascr#3, diminishes exophergenesis within the population. …”
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Role of volatile and contact pheromones in the mating behaviour of Bagrada hilaris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) by Salvatore GUARINO, Claudio DE PASQUALE, Ezio PERI, Giuseppe ALONZO, Stefano COLAZZA

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Biosynthetic tailoring of existing ascaroside pheromones alters their biological function in C. elegans by Yue Zhou, Yuting Wang, Xinxing Zhang, Subhradeep Bhar, Rachel A Jones Lipinski, Jungsoo Han, Likui Feng, Rebecca A Butcher

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A Pheromone-Aided Multipath QoS Routing Protocol and its Applications in MANETs by Paul Barom Jeon, George Kesidis

“…In proportion to the throughput of each path, a pheromone-aided routing table is updated and, subsequently, paths that contain malicious nodes are naturally avoided.…”
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Two predominant MUPs, OBP3 and MUP13, are male pheromones in rats by Xiao Guo, Huifen Guo, Lei Zhao, Yao-Hua Zhang, Jian-Xu Zhang

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Pheromone expression reveals putative mechanism of unisexuality in a saprobic ascomycete fungus. by Andi M Wilson, Magriet A van der Nest, P Markus Wilken, Michael J Wingfield, Brenda D Wingfield

“…The main finding was that H. omanensis displayed mating-type dependent expression of the a- and α-pheromones. This was in contrast to H. moniliformis where both pheromones were co-expressed during vegetative growth and sexual development. …”
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Ontogenesis of Aldehyde Pheromones in Two Synanthropic Bed Bug Species (Heteroptera: Cimicidae) by Mark Dery, Kyle Arriola, Chow-Yang Lee, Dong-Hwan Choe

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Quantitative inheritance of volatile pheromones and darcin and their interaction in olfactory preferences of female mice by Ying-Juan Liu, Hui-Fen Guo, Jian-Xu Zhang, Yao-Hua Zhang

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Enterococcal PrgU Provides Additional Regulation of Pheromone-Inducible Conjugative Plasmids by Lena Lassinantti, Martha I. Camacho, Rebecca J. B. Erickson, Julia L. E. Willett, Nicholas R. De Lay, Josy ter Beek, Gary M. Dunny, Peter J. Christie, Ronnie P.-A. Berntsson

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Honey Bee Alarm Pheromone Mediates Communication in Plant–Pollinator–Predator Interactions by Zhengwei Wang, Ken Tan

“…More new components and functions have been confirmed in honey bee alarm pheromone. Then, we ask how important the alarm pheromones are in intra- and/or inter-species communication. …”
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Molecular and neural mechanisms of sex pheromone reception and processing in the silkmoth Bombyx mori by Takeshi eSakurai, Shigehiro eNamiki, Ryohei eKanzaki

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The male inhibition technique… cabbage looper control by confusing sex pheromone communication by H Shorey, L Gaston, L Sower

“…Confused males—and effective control of cabbage looper—resulted from the uniform placement of synthetic sex pheromone stations spaced about 100 m apart in field tests. …”
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Inhibition of sex pheromone production in female lepidopteran moths by 2-halofatty acids by D Hernanz, G Fabrias, F Camps

“…Inhibition of sex pheromone production has been observed after topical treatment of pheromonal glands with DMSO solutions of 2-bromohexadecanoic acid, in three lepidopteran insects: Spodoptera littoralis, Thaumotopoea pityocampa, and Bombyx mori. …”
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Areport on male sterna pheromone glands in Eurygaster integriceps Put.( Hemiptera: Scutelleridae) by H. Daroogheh

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Queen pheromones <subtitle>The chemical crown governing insect social life</subtitle> by Luke Holman

“…Current evidence hints at the central importance of queen pheromones, but progress has been hindered by the fact that such pheromones have only been isolated in honeybees. …”
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Aggregation pheromone 4-vinylanisole promotes the synchrony of sexual maturation in female locusts by Dafeng Chen, Li Hou, Jianing Wei, Siyuan Guo, Weichan Cui, Pengcheng Yang, Le Kang, Xianhui Wang

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Antibiotics increase aggression behavior and aggression-related pheromones and receptors in Drosophila melanogaster by M. Grinberg, R. Levin, H. Neuman, O. Ziv, S. Turjeman, Gila Gamliel, R. Nosenko, O. Koren

“…Furthermore, they had higher levels of cVA and (Z)-9 Tricosene, pheromones associated with aggression in flies, as well as higher expression of the relevant pheromone receptors and transporters OR67d, OR83b, GR32a, and LUSH. …”
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