Advances in attract-and-kill for agricultural pests: beyond pheromones

PC Gregg, AP Del Socorro… - Annual Review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Attract-and-kill has considerable potential as a tactic in integrated management of pests of
agricultural crops, but the use of sex pheromones as attractants is limited by male multiple …

Plant volatiles-based insect pest management in organic farming

G Shrivastava, M Rogers, A Wszelaki… - Critical Reviews in …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Organic agriculture is increasing in popularity worldwide due to the rapidly growing market
for organic products. In organic production, insects present a major pest challenge that …

Floral odor bouquet loses its ant repellent properties after inhibition of terpene biosynthesis

RR Junker, J Gershenzon, SB Unsicker - Journal of chemical ecology, 2011 - Springer
In their natural environment, plants are synchronously confronted with mutualists and
antagonists, and thus benefit from signals that contain messages for both functional groups …

Improved quality management to enhance the efficacy of the sterile insect technique for lepidopteran pests

GS Simmons, DM Suckling… - Journal of Applied …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Lepidoptera are among the most severe pests of food and fibre crops in the world and are
mainly controlled using broad spectrum insecticides. This does not lead to environmentally …

Evaluation of floral-derived volatile blend for attracting aphid parasitoids and lady beetles in the tobacco fields

S Wu, F Liu, W Zeng, Z ** pest species of moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
PJ Landolt, M Toth, RL Meagher… - Pest management …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Phenylacetaldehyde is a flower volatile and attractant for many nectar‐
seeking moths. Acetic acid is a microbial fermentation product that is present in insect sweet …

Research and application of food-based attractants of herbivorous insect pests

X CAI, Z LI, H PAN, Y LU - Chinese Journal of Biological Control, 2018 - zgswfz.com.cn
Herbivorous insect pests mainly feed on the leaves, stems, fruits, and nectar of host plants,
and they usually show evident preference for specific host foods. The volatile from host …