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Pest Manag Sci

Title:		Manipulation of parasitoids for aphid pest management: progress and prospects
Author(s):		Powell W; Pickett JA;
Address:		"IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK. wilf.powell@bbsrc.ac.uk"
Journal Title:		Pest Manag Sci
Year:		2003
Volume:		59
Issue:		2
Page Number:		149 - 155
DOI:		10.1002/ps.550
ISSN/ISBN:		1526-498X (Print) 1526-498X (Linking)
Abstract:		"This paper describes research at IACR-Rothamsted on aphid parasitoid responses to semiochemical foraging stimuli, aimed at developing novel ways of manipulating these behaviours to overcome ecological constraints to biological and integrated pest control. Female parasitoids respond both to aphid sex pheromones acting as kairomones, and to aphid-induced plant volatiles, acting as synomones. A range of economically important parasitoid species respond to aphid sex pheromones, and their potential for enhancing parasitization of aphid populations has been demonstrated in the field. Commercial production of the pheromone from the plant Nepeta cataria L has been developed and strategies for its use in arable crops are being investigated. Aphid-induced plant volatiles are released systemically throughout the plant and are aphid species specific, probably induced by elicitors in aphid saliva. Aphid-infested plants can induce uninfested neighbours to release damage-related volatiles, plant-to-plant communication occurring via the rhizosphere. The plant compound cis-jasmone has been identified as a plant signal with potential for aphid control, inducing plant defence mechanisms that both deter colonising aphids and attract parasitoids and predators. Such compounds may represent a new generation of crop protectants and their further investigation and development will be aided by the tools generated by genomic and post-genomic biology"
Keywords:		"Animals Aphids/*parasitology Female Hymenoptera/drug effects/growth & development Oils, Volatile/pharmacology Pest Control, Biological/*methods/trends Pheromones/chemistry/pharmacology Plant Diseases/*parasitology Plant Oils/pharmacology;"
Notes:		"MedlinePowell, Wilf Pickett, John A eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review England 2003/02/18 Pest Manag Sci. 2003 Feb; 59(2):149-55. doi: 10.1002/ps.550"