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Using insect sniffing devices for detection

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Title
Using insect sniffing devices for detection
Published in
Trends in Biotechnology, March 2008
DOI 10.1016/j.tibtech.2008.02.007
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Authors

Glen C. Rains, Jeffery K. Tomberlin, Don Kulasiri

Abstract

Emerging information about the ability of insects to detect and associatively learn has revealed that they could be used within chemical detection systems. Such systems have been developed around free-moving insects, such as honey bees. Alternatively, behavioral changes of contained insects can be interpreted by sampling air pumped over their olfactory organs. These organisms are highly sensitive, flexible, portable and cheap to reproduce, and it is easy to condition them to detect target odorants. However, insect-sensing systems are not widely studied or accepted as proven biological sensors. Further studies are needed to examine additional insect species and to develop better methods of using their olfactory system for detecting odorants of interest.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 2%
Germany 2 2%
Malaysia 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
Unknown 103 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 25 23%
Student > Bachelor 17 16%
Researcher 16 15%
Student > Master 12 11%
Professor 6 6%
Other 16 15%
Unknown 17 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 40 37%
Engineering 13 12%
Neuroscience 5 5%
Chemistry 5 5%
Computer Science 4 4%
Other 22 20%
Unknown 20 18%