Keng Hong Tan, Ritsuo Nishida
Journal of Insect Science 12 (56), 1-60, (24 April 2012) https://doi.org/10.1673/031.012.5601
KEYWORDS: allomone, attractant, Bactrocera, chemical ecology, floral fragrance, insect pollinators, plant-insect interactions, plant semiochemicals, sex pheromone, synomone, tephritid fruit flies
This review discusses the occurrence and distribution (within a plant) of methyl eugenol in different plant species (> 450) from 80 families spanning many plant orders, as well as various roles this chemical plays in nature, especially in the interactions between tephritid fruit flies and plants.
