@article{fdi:010079314,
  title = {{C}hemical signal is in the blend : bases of plant-pollinator encounter in a highly specialized interaction},
  author = {{P}roffit, {M}. and {L}apeyre, {B}. and {B}uatois, {B}. and {D}eng, {X}. {X}. and {A}rnal, {P}. and {G}ouzerh, {F}. and {C}arrasco, {D}avid and {H}ossaert-{M}c{K}ey, {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n several highly specialized plant-insect interactions, scent-mediated specificity of pollinator attraction is directed by the emission and detection of volatile organic compounds ({VOC}s). {A}lthough some plants engaged in such interactions emit singular compounds, others emit mixtures of {VOC}s commonly emitted by plants. {W}e investigated the chemical ecological bases of host plant recognition in the nursery pollination mutualism between the dioecious {F}icus carica and its specific pollinator {B}lastophaga psenes. {U}sing {Y}-tube olfactometer tests, we show that {B}. psenes females are attracted by {VOC}s of receptive figs of both sexes and do not exhibit preference for {VOC}s of either male or female figs. {E}lectrophysiological tests and chemical analysis revealed that of all the {VOC}s emitted by receptive figs, only five were found to be active on female antennae. {B}ehavioural tests show that, in contrast to {VOC}s presented alone, only a blend with a particular proportion of four of these {VOC}s is as attractive as the odour of receptive figs, and that if there is a very small change in this blend proportion, the pollinator is no longer attracted. {T}his study revealed that in highly specialized mutualistic interactions specificity could be mediated by a particular blend of common compounds emitted by plants.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}cientific {R}eports - {N}ature},
  volume = {10},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {art. 10071 [11 p.]},
  ISSN = {2045-2322},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1038/s41598-020-66655-w},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079314},
}