Sentences with word «semiochemicals»

This scent message, undetectable to us, is a pheromone known as the feline interdigital semiochemical.

To overcome these issues, Mafra - Neto of ISCA Technologies and colleagues at several universities sought to create a more targeted approach using an insecticide potion spiked with a blend of semiochemicals, or chemical signals, that mosquitoes can't resist.

Many previous studies have examined the role that sex - specific pheromones or semiochemicals play in the evolution of a spider's reproduction cycle.

Some emit semiochemicals, odors that attract natural enemies, while others provide food and housing to maintain the natural enemies» presence, e.g. ants that reduce herbivory.

Additionally, upon detection of specific semiochemical cues, these animals show certain behavioral responses, many of which are stereotypical and have been well characterized [2]--[6].

Discussion of research on the efficacy of synthetic FIS, or feline interdigital semiochemicals, which may be useful as a preventative measure for inappropriate scratching behavior.

Ultimately, they used a semiochemical blend in a matrix containing sugars and proteins to mimic 20 common chemical signals that attract mosquitoes to nectar - producing flowers and induce them to feed.

«Drosophila Avoids Parasitoids by Sensing Their Semiochemicals via a Dedicated Olfactory Circuit.»

Cats can produce a pheromone between their toes (interdigital semiochemical) that releases when they claw.

Cats can also produce a marking chemical between their toes (interdigital semiochemical) that they release when they scratch.

At the 2014 Maddie's ® Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida Conference, Katherine Polak, DVM, MPH, MS, DACVPM, talked about synthetic feline interdigital semiochemicals (FIS), natural SOMETHINGS that might help ease that conflict and keep cats in their homes.

[Response: Insect communication chemicals («semiochemicals») There's a lot of work being done on them, and they can definitely be effective, but there are very serious issues of scale.]