Deltamethrin Spray as an Insect Repellent for Woolen Fabrics

Veer, Vijay; Prasad, Rameshwar; Rao, K. M.

doi:10.1177/004051759106101105

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“…In IPM programs related to animal and human health, DEET and other synthetic repellents have been used extensively against mosquitoes [274][275][276][277][278][279][280][281][282][283][284][285][286], against blackflies [287], and against ticks [288]. Recently, the use of natural products as insect repellents has had renewed interest as well.…”

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Application of Semiochemicals in Integrated Pest Management Programs

Bjostad

Hibbard

Cranshaw

1993

ACS Symposium Series

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Chemical communication is important in the life cycles of many insect species, principally for the location of mates and food. Structural identification and synthesis has been carried out for many semiochemicals, and a number of techniques have been developed to use these compounds as components of integrated pest management (IPM) programs. Semiochemicals have two main uses in IPM programs: monitoring insect pest populations and preventing agricultural damage by interfering with insect behavior. Pheromones are perhaps the most widely exploited semiochemicals at present, but recent efforts have extended increasingly to the identification and use of compounds involved in interspecific exchange of information as well.The use of semiochemicals to manipulate insect behavior has proved to be one of the most useful components of integrated pest management (IPM) programs. Semiochemicals are compounds that are emitted or displayed by one organism and that affect the behavior of another organism [/]. Perhaps the most important semiochemicals used by insects are those involved in locating mates and food, and at present these are the kinds of semiochemicals most widely exploited for insect control. Semiochemicals with many other kinds of ecological roles have also been characterized in insects, such as compounds that function as warnings, or compounds that mediate the collective activity of many partners in completing large tasks. A number of major reviews of the use of semiochemicals in IPM programs have appeared [7][8][9], as well as a critical review of semiochemical utility in general [10], An extensive list of companies that offer semiochemical lures, traps designed for semiochemical monitoring, and commercial systems for behavioral pest control has been compiled by Inscoe [11].Practical applications of semiochemicals in agriculture fall into two main categories, population monitoring and behavioral pest control. The main use at present is in monitoring insect pests with traps baited with semiochemicals, as a part of making decisions about pesticide application or other control techniques. A second use of semiochemicals is the direct prevention of insect damage by a variety of techniques, including the placement of a large number of semiochemical sources that disrupt the behavior of the insects, mass trapping, attracticides (insecticide lures), and enhancement of parasitoid activity.

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