Latest Developments in Insect Sex Pheromone Research and Its Application in Agricultural Pest Management

Rizvi, Syed Arif Hussain; George, Justin; Reddy, Gadi V. P.; Zeng, Xinnian; Guerrero, Ángel

doi:10.3390/insects12060484

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“…Further, pheromones are typically volatile and emitted in minute quantities into the environment rather than being applied to the crop itself. Crucially, they are likely to remain effective against pesticide‐resistant insect populations; evolution of pheromone resistance is considered unlikely due to strong selection against losing the ability to find a mate (Rizvi et al ., 2021 ). While several pheromones are easy to produce by chemical synthesis and have already reached market, the chemical synthesis of many other insect sex pheromones remains challenging or expensive, mainly due to their complex molecular structures and requirement for multiple stereoselective steps.…”

Section: Biomanufacturing Pest Control Productsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Insect pest management in the age of synthetic biology

Mateos-Fernández

Petek

Gerasymenko

et al. 2021

Plant Biotechnology Journal

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Summary Arthropod crop pests are responsible for 20% of global annual crop losses, a figure predicted to increase in a changing climate where the ranges of numerous species are projected to expand. At the same time, many insect species are beneficial, acting as pollinators and predators of pest species. For thousands of years, humans have used increasingly sophisticated chemical formulations to control insect pests but, as the scale of agriculture expanded to meet the needs of the global population, concerns about the negative impacts of agricultural practices on biodiversity have grown. While biological solutions, such as biological control agents and pheromones, have previously had relatively minor roles in pest management, biotechnology has opened the door to numerous new approaches for controlling insect pests. In this review, we look at how advances in synthetic biology and biotechnology are providing new options for pest control. We discuss emerging technologies for engineering resistant crops and insect populations and examine advances in biomanufacturing that are enabling the production of new products for pest control.

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Section: Biomanufacturing Pest Control Productsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Insect pest management in the age of synthetic biology

Mateos-Fernández

Petek

Gerasymenko

et al. 2021

Plant Biotechnology Journal

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“…Today, the unset mating (MD) strategy is the most promising technology for the use of sex pheromones in the world, due to which the use of insecticides against lepidoptera pests has been significantly reduced [10][11][12][13][14].…”

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Biorational method for controlling the abundance of Cydia pomonella L. in apple agrocenoses of the Krasnodar region

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In the region of Krasnodar Territory, Cydia pomonella L. belongs to the dominant pests of the apple tree, against which 8-10 treatments with insecticides are carried out during the growing season. In world practice, pheromones Shin-Etsu® MD CTT, D and BRIZ® are used in apple agrocenoses for the control of C. pomonella. abstention or reduction of insecticidal treatments leads to a decrease in the pesticide load on the agrocenosis of the garden by a factor of two or more. The objective of our research was to determine the biological pheromones effectiveness in controlling C. pomonella quantity. The test was carried out in two horticultural zones of the Krasnodar Territory, in areas with different numbers of phytophage. The experiment as a result, it was found that in the experimental plots the percentage of damaged fruits in the drop was 1.3-1.5%. Fruit damage wasn’t observed in a removable crop, which corresponds to the results of the standard version, with the use of insecticidal treatments. It was found that the pheromones usage in the Black Sea horticultural zone of the Krasnodar Territory is economically feasible. Сost reduction for the purchase of insecticides amounted to 9089.2 rub/ha, a decrease in pesticide load by 70%.

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“…The first summarizes current knowledge on insect sex pheromone research and its application in Integrated Pest Management [14]. The second review offers an updated analysis of what we really know on tephritid fruit fly semiochemicals, their real-world applications and the related research challenges [15].…”

Section: Insect Chemical Ecology: From the Laboratory To The Fieldmentioning

confidence: 99%