Olfaction is an essential sensory modality for insects and their olfactory environment is
mostly made up of plant-emitted volatiles. The terrestrial vegetation produces an amazing …

Insect intraspecific olfactory communication occurs in a complex sensory environment. Here
we present recent results on how the olfactory system extracts specific information from a …

Olfactory circuits change structurally and physiologically during development and adult life.
This allows insects to respond to olfactory cues in an appropriate and adaptive way …

Plant volatiles are important cues for many herbivorous insects when choosing a suitable
host plant and finding a mating partner. An appropriate behavioural response to sensory …

It is long known that the nervous system of vertebrates can be shaped by internal and
external factors. On the other hand, the nervous system of insects was long assumed to be …

Highlights•In the wild, perception of informative olfactory cues can be obscured by
concurrent odors.•Experience-dependent changes can tune detection and encoding of …

Harmful insects include pests of crops and storage goods, and vectors of human and animal
diseases. Throughout their history, humans have been fighting them using diverse methods …

Intraspecific communication involves the activation of chemoreceptors and subsequent
activation of different central areas that coordinate the responses of the entire organism …

For insects, finding of a mate or a food source relies often chiefly on olfactory information.
The identification of a specific mate or host involves the recognition of a specific odor blend …

Competition for mates is a wide-spread phenomenon affecting individual reproductive
success. The ability of animals to adjust their behaviors in response to changing social …