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1994 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Studies on insect instinct behavior, selection of larval food.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 05304007
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 動物生理・代謝
Research InstitutionDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiba University

Principal Investigator

MARUYAMA Koscak  Chiba University, Faculty of Sience, Professor, 理学部, 教授 (60012267)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) MASDUKA Mitsuo  Tamagawa University, Faculty of Agriculture, Professor, 農学部, 教授 (30074339)
AOKI Kiyoshi  Sophia University, Life Science Institute, Professor, 理工学部, 教授 (70101029)
KANZAKI Ryohei  University of Tsukuba, Institute of Biological Science, Assistant professor, 生物科学系, 講師 (40221907)
MAETA Yasuo  Shimane University, Faculty of Agriculture, Professor, 農学部, 教授 (20144694)
NISHIDA Ritsuo  Kyoto University, Faculty of Agriculture, Associate Professor, 農学部, 助教授 (30135545)
Project Period (FY) 1993 – 1994
Keywordsinsect instinct / butterfly / ovulation stimulant / sensory fair / insect physiology / ケージ内営巣
Research Abstract

How does a butterfly lay eggs onto the plant leaf on which the larvae depend? A Papilio butterfly drums a "mikan" leaf with foreleg tips and the sensory hairs recognize "oviposition stimulants" contained in the leaf. We have been able to show excitation of the sensory hair caused by oviposition stimulants using a tip recording method. Also the fine structure of the sensory hair was observed under an electron microscope. A hair contained 5 nerve cells one of which was a mechanical sensory cell. Four nerve cells extended a long axon up to the tip of the hair. A total RNA was extracted form the foreleg tips of 300 butterflies and cDNA library was prepared. After nucleotide sequencing, two clones turned out to be homologous to cell membrane-located receptor cDNA.A further work is in progress. C_<17>H_<20>O_9,6- (beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy) -benzofuranpropionic acid isolated from leaves of Orixa japonica was identified as an oviposition situmulant of the butterfly, Papolio macilentus.
Nesting in a cage was first successful for a hunting wasp, Anterhynchium flavomarginatum micado. Now work is in progress to test whether a larval food influences choice of prey for offspring or not.

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All Publications (12 results)

  • [Publications] Nishida,R.: "Oviposition stimulant of a zerynthiine swallowtail butterfly,Luehdorfia japonica" Phytochemistry. 36. 873-877 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Nishida,R.,Rothschild,M.,Mummery,R.: "A Cyanoglucoside,sarmentosin,from the Magpia moth,Abraxas grossulariata,Geometridae:Lepidoptera." Phytochemistry. 36. 37-38 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Kanzaki,R.: "Olfactory processing pathways of the insect brain.Lateral accessory lobe system in the protocerebrum produces olfactory flip-flopping signals in Bombyx mori." Olfaction and Taste. 11. 831-834 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Kanzaki,R.,Ikeda,A.: "Morphology and physiology of pheromone-triggered flip-flop descending interneurons of the male silkworm moth,Bombyx mori." Olfaction and Taste. 11. 851- (1994)

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  • [Publications] Ikeda,M.,Takeuchi,HA.,Aoki,K.: "The role of sex steroid in two avian song behaviours differing in onto genetic process." Experientia. 50. 972-974 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Fukuhara,C.,Hamada,T.,Shibata,S.,Watanabe,S.,Aoki,K.,Inoue,T.: "Phase advances of circadian rhythms in somatostatin depleted rats:effects of cysteamine on rhythms of locomotor activity and electrical discharge of the suprachias matik nucleus." Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 175. 677-685 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Nishida, R.: "Oviposition stimulant of a zeryhnthiine swallowtail butterfly Luehdorfia japonica." Phytochemistry. 36. 879-877 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Nishida, R.: "Rothschild, M., and Mummery, R.A Cyanoglucoside, sarmentosin, from the Magpie moth, Abraxas grossulariata, Geometridae : Lepidoptera." Phytochemitry. 36. 37-38 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Kanzaki, R.: "Olfactory processing pathways of the insect brain. Lateral accessory lobe system in the protocerebrum produces olfactory flip-flopping signals in Bombyx mori." Olfaction and Taste. 11. 831-834 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Kanzaki, R.and Ikeda, A.: "Morphology and physiology of pheromone-triggered flip-flop descending interneurons of the male silkworm moth, Bombyx mori." Olfaction and Taste. 11. 851 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Ikeda, M., Takeuchi, H.A., and Aoki, K.: "The role of sex steroid in two avian song behavious differing in onto genetic process." Experientia. 50. 972-974 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Fukuhara, C., Hamada, T., Shibata, S., Watanabe, S., Aoki, K., and Inoue, T.: "Phase advances of circadian rhythms in somatostatin depleted rats : effects of cysteamine on rhythms of locomotor activity and electrical discharge of the suprachias matic nucleus." Journal of Comparative physiology (A). 175. 677-685 (1994)

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