Search for dissertations about: "chemical cues"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 39 swedish dissertations containing the words chemical cues.
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16. Role of semiochemical in host finding, oviposition and sexual communication in Guatemalan potato moth Tecia solanivora
Abstract : Semiochemicals are important cues in the interaction between plant and insects and between conspecific insects. Volatile compounds emitted by plants provide herbivorous insects with cues for host finding, selection and discrimination. In moths, female emitted sex pheromones enable conspecific males to find them for mating. READ MORE
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17. Nanostructured Artificial Biointerfaces
Abstract : AbstractThe interactions occurring between biological systems and the surface of biomaterials hasbeen an area of strong research focus for a number of decades. There has been a realisation ofthe importance of macromolecular interactions and a consequent need to understandbiointerfacial events at the nanometer length-scale. READ MORE
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18. The self-spreading double bilayer/Advances in lipid membrane nanotechnology
Abstract : In my thesis I describe the generation, characterization and uses of self-spreading double bilayers. This new type of solid-supported model membrane combines features and properties of the 2D lipid bilayer membrane, and the 3D phospholiposome. The double bilayer membrane, i.e. READ MORE
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19. Influence of herbivore-induced changes in host plants on reproductive behaviours in Spodoptera littoralis : herbivore-plant interactions
Abstract : Insect herbivores orient towards host plants using sensory cues and olfaction plays a major role, especially in nocturnal herbivores, during selection of host plants suitable for feeding, mating and oviposition. Plants defend themselves from herbivore feeding by producing volatiles as well as non-volatiles chemical compounds. READ MORE
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20. Shipworm ecology in Swedish coastal waters
Abstract : Shipworms (Teredinidae) are marine bivalves adopted for boring into submerged wood, which they efficiently fragmentize and consume. They thereby perform a vital ecosystem service, yet simultaneously they cause extensive damage to important man-made marine structures. READ MORE