Drosophila melanogaster is today one of the three foremost models in olfactory research, paralleled only by the mouse and the nematode. In the last years, immense progress has been achieved by combining neurogenetic tools with neurophysiology, anatomy, chemistry, and behavioral assays. One of the most important tasks for a fruit fly is to find a substrate for eating and laying eggs. To perform this task the fly is dependent on olfactory cues emitted by suitable substrates as e.g. decaying fruit. In addition, in this area, considerable progress has been made during the last years, and more and more natural and behaviorally active ligands have been identified. The future challenge is to tie the progress in different fields together to give us a better understanding of how a fly really behaves. Not in a test tube, but in nature. Here, we review our present state of knowledge regarding Drosophila plant-odor-related olfactory neuroethology to provide a basis for new progress.

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果蝇中与植物气味相关的嗅觉神经行为学。

黑腹果蝇是当今嗅觉研究中三个最重要的模型之一，仅次于小鼠和线虫。在过去的几年里，通过将神经遗传学工具与神经生理学、解剖学、化学和行为分析相结合，取得了巨大的进步。果蝇最重要的任务之一是找到用于进食和产卵的基质。为了执行这项任务，苍蝇依赖于合适的基质发出的嗅觉线索，例如腐烂的果实。此外，在该领域，过去几年取得了相当大的进展，越来越多的天然和行为活性配体被鉴定出来。未来的挑战是将不同领域的进展联系在一起，让我们更好地了解苍蝇的真实行为。不是在试管中，而是在自然界中。这里，