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Agriculture · Q426

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 426

Q426

An alleochemical beneficial to releaser only is called

A.
Allomone
Answer
B.
Kairomone
C.
Allethrin
D.
Antimones

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
An alleochemical beneficial to releaser only is called Allomone.
An allomone is a type of semiochemical produced and released by an individual of one species that affects the behaviour of a member of another species to the benefit of the originator but not the receiver.
Allomones are allelochemicals that evoke in the receiver of the signal a behavioral (releaser effect) or physiological response (primer effect) that is adaptively favourable to the sender but not the receiver.