Insect Sex Pheromones for Pest Control.

Trail Pheromones in Pest Control

Insect Growth Regulators for Insect Pest Control*

Insecticides with growth regulating properties (IGR) may adversely affect insects by regulating or inhibiting specific biochemical pathways or processes essential for insect growth and development. Some insects exposed to such compounds may die due to abnormal regulation of hormone-mediated cell or organ development. Other insects may die either from a prolonged exposure at the developmental st...

Pheromones - future techniques for insect control?

Four decades of pheromone research have provided the tools for environmentally safe control of insects through manipulation of male sexual behaviours. In Europe, disruption of mating by aerial dissemination of synthetic pheromones is used to control several economically important tortricids in orchards and vineyards on ca. 50 000 ha. In addition, attracticide lures have been developed for popul...

Insect Pest Control

In October 2004 the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture celebrated 40 years of existence. The creation in October 1964 of this Division, which includes the Insect Pest Control Subprogramme, marked the beginning of what is certainly a unique and arguably the best example of inter-agency cooperation within the whole UN family. The goal was to join the talents and...

Insect pheromones.

The evidence for intraspecies chemical communication in insects is reviewed, with emphasis on those studies where known organic compounds have been implicated. These signal-carrying chemicals are known as pheromones. There are two distinct types of pheromones, releasers and primers. Releaser pheromones initiate immediate behavioral responses in insects upon reception, while primer pheromones ca...