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Latencies of behavioral response to interception of filaments of sex pheromone and clean air influence flight track shape in Heliothis virescens (F.) males by Vickers, N.J., Baker, T.C.

“…1) Male Heliothis virescens moths flew upwind to pulsed pheromone plumes. Upon truncation of the pulsed plume males flew into clean air, turning their tracks…”
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Chemical communication in heliothine moths. III. Flight behavior of male Helicoverpa zea and Heliothis virescens in response to varying ratios of intra- and interspecific sex pheromone components by Vickers, N.J, Christensen, T.A, Mustaparta, H, Baker, T.C

“…Helicoverpa zea males flew upwind and successfully contacted the source when presented with 2-component blends consisting of their principal conspecific sex…”
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Physiology and glomerular projections of olfactory receptor neurons on the antenna of female Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) responsive to behaviorally relevant odors by Hillier, N.K, Kleineidam, C, Vickers, N.J

“…The neurophysiology and antennal lobe projections of olfactory receptor neurons housed within short trichoid sensilla of female Heliothis virescens F…”
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The Role of Heliothine Hairpencil Compounds in Female Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Behavior and Mate Acceptance by Hillier, N.K., Vickers, N.J.

“…Studies on numerous insect species suggest that male-produced sex pheromones play a role in attracting females; as aphrodisiacs, making females more quiescent;…”
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comparison of responses from olfactory receptor neurons of Heliothis subflexa and Heliothis virescens to components of their sex pheromone by Baker, T.C, Ochieng, S.A, Cosse, A.A, Lee, S.G, Todd, J.L, Quero, C, Vickers, N.J

“…Single-cell electrophysiological recordings were obtained from olfactory receptor neurons in sensilla trichodea on male antennae of the heliothine species…”
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Reiterative responses to single strands of odor promote sustained upwind flight and odor source location by moths by Vickers, N.J, Baker, T.C

“…We characterized single upwind surges of flying male Heliothis virescens moths in response to individual strands of pheromone generated experimentally in a…”
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A Specific Male Olfactory Sensillum Detects Behaviorally Antagonistic Hairpencil Odorants by Hillier, N. K., Kelly, D., Vickers, N. J.

“…Within insect species, olfactory signals play a vital role in communication, particularly in the context of mating. During courtship, males of many moth…”
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Chemical communication in heliothine moths. VII. Correlation between diminished responses to point-source plumes and single filaments similarly tainted with a behavioral antagonist by Vickers, N.J, Baker, T.C

“…Addition of (Z)-11-hexadecenyl acetate (Z11-16:Ac) into a normally attractive binary blend of Heliothis virescens pheromone components resulted in a…”
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Latencies of behavioral response to interception of filaments of sex pheromones and clean air influence flight track shape n Heliothis virescens (F.) males by Vickers, N.J, Baker, T.C

“…1) Male Heliothis virescens moths flew upwind to pulsed pheromone plumes. Upon truncation of the pulsed plume males flew into clean air, turning their tracks…”
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Male Heliothis virescens maintain upwind flight in response to experimentally pulsed filaments of their sex pheromone (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by VICKERS, N. J, BAKER, T. C

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Visual feedback in the control of pheromone-mediated flight of Heliothis virescens males (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by Vickers, N J, Baker, T C

“…Male Heliothis virescens (F.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) were made to fly into a uniformly white and translucent tube within a large wind tunnel while responding…”
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