Pheromones: Function and Use in Insect Control

Baker, Thomas C.; Heath, Jeremy J.

doi:10.1016/b0-44-451924-6/00087-9

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“…Pheromones are used as monitoring tools worldwide, and pheromonebased control applications cover large areas (Ridgway et al 1990b;Howse et al 1998;Baker and Heath 2004). Behavior-modifying chemicals are elegant tools for insect control, and the prospect of a wide range of future applications in agricultural and medical entomology continues to fuel research in insect olfactory physiology and chemical ecology (Van der Goes van Naters and Carlson 2006).…”

Section: Years Of Pheromone Researchmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Permeation of the crop with synthetic sex pheromone can disrupt chemical communication and thus prevent mating. Indeed, the mating disruption technique has become the most commonly utilized application of semiochemicals for population control (Baker and Heath 2004;Witzgall et al 2008). Unlike with mass trapping, the natural pheromone is not required for mating disruption to be effective.…”

Section: Disorientation and Communication Disruption By Air Permeationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sex Pheromones and Their Impact on Pest Management

Witzgall¹,

Kirsch²,

2010

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The idea of using species-specific behavior-modifying chemicals for the management of noxious insects in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, stored products, and for insect vectors of diseases has been a driving ambition through five decades of pheromone research. Hundreds of pheromones and other semiochemicals have been discovered that are used to monitor the presence and abundance of insects and to protect plants and animals against insects. The estimated annual production of lures for monitoring and mass trapping is on the order of tens of millions, covering at least 10 million hectares. Insect populations are controlled by air permeation and attract-and-kill techniques on at least 1 million hectares. Here, we review the most important and widespread practical applications. Pheromones are increasingly efficient at low population densities, they do not adversely affect natural enemies, and they can, therefore, bring about a long-term reduction in insect populations that cannot be accomplished with conventional insecticides. A changing climate with higher growing season temperatures and altered rainfall patterns makes control of native and invasive insects an increasingly urgent challenge. Intensified insecticide use will not provide a solution, but pheromones and other semiochemicals instead can be implemented for sustainable area-wide management and will thus improve food security for a growing population. Given the scale of the challenges we face to mitigate the impacts of climate change, the time is right to intensify goal-oriented interdisciplinary research on semiochemicals, involving chemists, entomologists, and plant protection experts, in order to provide the urgently needed, and cost-effective technical solutions for sustainable insect management worldwide.

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Section: Years Of Pheromone Researchmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Disorientation and Communication Disruption By Air Permeationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sex Pheromones and Their Impact on Pest Management

Witzgall¹,

Kirsch²,

2010

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“…Insect suppression by the use of mass trapping through combinations of sex pheromones and host plant volatiles has shown increased success in controlling major agricultural pests (Kobayashi et al 1981, Smit et al 2001, Baker and Heath 2004. Mass trapping of the autumnal generation soybean aphids (including gynoparae as they seek to Þnd winter host plants and males ßying from soybean Þelds to locate oviparae) may be a useful control strategy using this newly identiÞed sex pheromone.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sex Pheromone of the Soybean Aphid,Aphis glycinesMatsumura, and Its Potential Use in Semiochemical-Based Control

Zhu¹,

Zhang

Park

et al. 2006

Environ Entomol

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The newly invasive soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura, has seriously threatened soybean production in North America, after having spread to >20 states in the United States and several southern provinces of Canada. Control of A. glycineshas focused on applications of insecticides, which are not a long-term solution to soybean aphid pest management. In autumn, soybean aphids start producing alate females (gynoparae) that search for their overwintering host plants, the common buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica. The gynoparae then produce pheromone-emitting wingless female offspring (oviparae) that attract male aphids. In this study, we report the chemical identification of the soybean aphid sex pheromone using gas chromatography-electroantennogram, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Behavioral activities of males and gynoparous females in the field were also characterized. The potential applications using formulations containing specific soybean aphid pheromone compositions for reducing overwintering populations are discussed. RightsThis article is the copyright property of the Entomological Society of America and may not be used for any commercial or other private purpose without specific written permission of the Entomological Society of America. ABSTRACT The newly invasive soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura, has seriously threatened soybean production in North America, after having spread to Ͼ20 states in the United States and several southern provinces of Canada. Control of A. glycines has focused on applications of insecticides, which are not a long-term solution to soybean aphid pest management. In autumn, soybean aphids start producing alate females (gynoparae) that search for their overwintering host plants, the common buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica. The gynoparae then produce pheromone-emitting wingless female offspring (oviparae) that attract male aphids. In this study, we report the chemical identiÞcation of the soybean aphid sex pheromone using gas chromatographyÐ electroantennogram, gas chromatographyÐmass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Behavioral activities of males and gynoparous females in the Þeld were also characterized. The potential applications using formulations containing speciÞc soybean aphid pheromone compositions for reducing overwintering populations are discussed. AuthorsKEY WORDS sex pheromone, artiÞcial induction of pheromone-emitting females, (1R,4aS,7S,7aR)-nepetalactol, (4aS,7S,7aR)-nepetalactone, Þeld trapping

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“…Attractant insect pheromones, such as sex and aggregation pheromones are species-specific semiochemical signals that have been identified and used successfully in many insect pest management programmes across the world (Baker and Heath 2004;Witzgall et al 2010). There is currently no scientific evidence of any attractive pheromone in pollen beetles; however, such pheromone research is very well developed for other species, so is briefly reviewed here for completeness.…”

Section: Mate Locationmentioning

confidence: 99%