- A
kairomone (a
coinage using the Gr**** καιρός
opportune moment,
paralleling pheromone) is a semiochemical,
emitted by an organism,
which mediates interspecific...
- in the
field of
chemical ecology to encomp**** pheromones, allomones,
kairomones,
attractants and repellents. Many insects,
including parasitic insects...
- "Allomones and
kairomones:
Transpecific chemical messengers". BioScience. 20 (1): 21–22. doi:10.2307/1294753. JSTOR 1294753. "
kairomone, n.". OED Online...
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Allomones benefit their producer by the
effect they have upon the receiver.
Kairomones benefit their receiver instead of
their producer.
Synomones benefit the...
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changes or
modifications to
their morphology in the
presence of
predator kairomones (chemical signals),
including larger size at hatching,
increased bulkiness...
- alcohol. It has also been
discovered that
methyl salicylate works as a
kairomone that
attracts some insects, such as the
spotted lanternfly. Additional...
- the
kairomone.
After a
beetle is
attracted to the host,
mating occurs and the
female lays her eggs on the plant. The beetles'
attraction to
kairomone decreases...
- is to
develop a
positive reaction to them; the
allomone then
becomes a
kairomone.
Others alter the
allomones to form
pheromones or
other hormones, and...
- 1:100
ratio of
codlemone to
synergistic plant volatiles. Pear-derived
kairomone has been
found to be a species-specific
attractant as well.
Ethyl (2E...
- unintentionally, as in the
transfer of
scent from
predator to prey with
kairomones.
Information may be
transferred to an "audience" of
several receivers...
