Rains Glen C, Tomberlin Jeffery K, Kulasiri Don
Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department, Tifton Campus, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA 31793, USA.
Trends Biotechnol. 2008 Jun;26(6):288-94. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2008.02.007. Epub 2008 Mar 28.
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.
关于昆虫检测和联想学习能力的新信息表明，它们可用于化学检测系统。此类系统已围绕自由活动的昆虫（如蜜蜂）开发出来。另外，可通过对泵送到昆虫嗅觉器官上方的空气进行采样来解读被圈养昆虫的行为变化。这些生物高度敏感、灵活、便于携带且繁殖成本低，而且很容易训练它们检测目标气味。然而，昆虫传感系统尚未作为经过验证的生物传感器得到广泛研究或认可。需要进一步开展研究，以考察更多昆虫种类，并开发更好的方法来利用它们的嗅觉系统检测感兴趣的气味。
