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SUBMITTER: Zhang Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5000588 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of molecular sciences 20160728 8
Apolygus lucorum (Meyer-Dür) (Hemiptera: Miridae) is a serious pest of cotton, jujube, grape and many other crops around the world. Understanding how olfactory information directs this insect to its host plants may provide environment-friendly approaches to the control of its population in agriculture. In our study, we cloned an odorant receptor gene, AlucOR46, that was specifically expressed in antennae and female-biased. Functional expression of AlucOR46 in Xenopus oocytes showed that it is tu ...[more]