{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Zhao Q"],"funding":["the earmarked fund for the China Agriculture Research System","the Key R&D Program of Shandong Province, China","the Natural Science Foundation Project of Shandong Province","the National Bee Breeding Joint Research Project"],"pagination":["66"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11764367"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["15(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Olfaction mediated by the antennae is a vital sensory modality for arthropods and could be applied as a tool in pest control. The ectoparasitic mite <i>Varroa destructor</i> poses a significant threat to the health of the honey bee <i>Apis mellifera</i> worldwide and has garnered global attention. To better understand the chemical ecology of this host-parasite relationship, we collected and characterized the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from <i>V. destructor</i> and used electroantennography (EAG) to record the responses of honey bee (<i>A. c. cerana</i> and <i>A. m. ligustica</i>) antennae to the different VOCs. Fifteen VOCs were detected from <i>V. destructor</i> using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), which mainly contained ethyl palmitate, followed by isoamyl alcohol, "],"journal":["Biomolecules"],"pubmed_title":["Varroa Volatiles Offer Chemical Cues to Honey Bees for Initial Parasitic Recognition."],"pmcid":["PMC11764367"],"funding_grant_id":["MFYZGG-08","CARS-44","ZR2024MC173","2023TZXD079 and 2023LZGC017"],"pubmed_authors":["Mustafa A","Liu Z","Zhao Q","Xu B","Wang X","Wang H","Wang Y","Chi X"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Varroa Volatiles Offer Chemical Cues to Honey Bees for Initial Parasitic Recognition.","description":"Olfaction mediated by the antennae is a vital sensory modality for arthropods and could be applied as a tool in pest control. The ectoparasitic mite <i>Varroa destructor</i> poses a significant threat to the health of the honey bee <i>Apis mellifera</i> worldwide and has garnered global attention. To better understand the chemical ecology of this host-parasite relationship, we collected and characterized the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from <i>V. destructor</i> and used electroantennography (EAG) to record the responses of honey bee (<i>A. c. cerana</i> and <i>A. m. ligustica</i>) antennae to the different VOCs. Fifteen VOCs were detected from <i>V. destructor</i> using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), which mainly contained ethyl palmitate, followed by isoamyl alcohol, ","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Jan","modification":"2026-04-15T03:21:18.707Z","creation":"2025-04-04T00:26:09.782Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11764367","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39858461"],"doi":["10.3390/biom15010066"]}}