Pheromones & Lures
The use of semiochemicals in pest management
Most insect pests communicate with members of their own species using semiochemical messages in order to find mates (sex pheromones (SP)), habitat and food sources (aggregation pheromones (AG)), to warn of danger (alarm pheromone (AGP)) and to avoid competition. Insect pests also use semiochemical cues produced by their host plants (kairomones (K)) in order to locate food sources.
In pest management we make use of semiochemicals to deliver highly specific decision-making as well as safe and effective pest control.
The use of semiochemicals has a number of advantages in pest management. Pheromones are specific to the target pest, making them highly effective at controlling their behaviour while having limited effect on non-target organisms. They are only required in minute quantities to be effective, are of low toxicity and they do not need to be applied to the crop. This makes them safe to use, safe for consumers and safe for the environment.
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Insect name |
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Cameraria ohridella |
Horse-chestnut leaf miner |
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Ips typographus |
Eight-toothed bark beetle |
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Lymantria dispar |
Gypsy moth |
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Lymantria monacha |
Nun moth |
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Tortrix viridana |
Green oak leaf-roller |
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Plutella xylostella |
Diamondback moth |
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Psila rosae |
Carrot fly |
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Archips rosana |
Rose tortrix |
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Grapholita funebrana |
Plum Fruit Moth |
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Rhagoletis cerasi |
Cherry fruit fly |
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Adoxophyes orana |
Summer fruit tortrix |
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Cydia pomonella |
Codling moth |
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Chrysodeixis chalcites |
Tomato looper |
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Cydalima perspectalis |
Box tree moth |
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Epiphyas postvittana |
Light brown apple moth |
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Ceratitis capitata |
Mediterranean fruit fly |
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Grapholita molesta |
Oriental fruit moth |
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Lymantria dispar |
Gypsy moth |
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Spodoptera frugiperda |
Fall armyworm |
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Synanthedon myopaeformis |
Red-belted clearwing moth |
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Tecia solanivora |
Potato tuber moth |
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Tuta absoluta |
Tomato leafminer moth |
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Dasineura mali |
Apple leaf-curling midge |
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Drosophila suzukii |
Spotted wing drosophila |
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Anthonomus rubi |
Strawberry blossom weevil |
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Diabrotica virgifera |
Western corn rootworm |
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Halyomorpha halys |
Brown marmorated stink bug |
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Planococcus citri |
Citrus mealybug |
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Frankliniella occidentalis |
Western flower thrips |
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