Title: | Advances in Attract-and-Kill for Agricultural Pests: Beyond Pheromones |
Author(s): | Gregg PC; Del Socorro AP; Landolt PJ; |
Address: | "University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales 2351, Australia; email: pgregg@une.edu.au , adelsoc2@une.edu.au. Fruit and Vegetable Insect Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Wapato, Washington 98951, USA; email: peter.landolt@ars.usda.gov" |
DOI: | 10.1146/annurev-ento-031616-035040 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1545-4487 (Electronic) 0066-4170 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Attract-and-kill has considerable potential as a tactic in integrated management of pests of agricultural crops, but the use of sex pheromones as attractants is limited by male multiple mating and immigration of mated females into treated areas. Attractants for both sexes, and particularly females, would minimize these difficulties. Volatile compounds derived from plants or fermentation of plant products can attract females and have been used in traps for monitoring and control, and in sprayable attract-and-kill formulations or bait stations. Recent advances in fundamental understanding of insect responses to plant volatiles should contribute to the development of products that can help manage a wide range of pests with few impacts on nontarget organisms, but theory must be tempered with pragmatism in the selection of volatiles and toxicants and in defining their roles in formulations. Market requirements and regulatory factors must be considered in parallel with scientific constraints if successful products are to be developed" |
Keywords: | Agriculture Animals Insect Control/*methods *Insecta *Sex Attractants Technology Transfer Volatile Organic Compounds attract-and-kill commercialization integrated pest management microbial volatiles plant volatiles registration; |
Notes: | "MedlineGregg, Peter C Del Socorro, Alice P Landolt, Peter J eng Review 2017/10/24 Annu Rev Entomol. 2018 Jan 7; 63:453-470. doi: 10.1146/annurev-ento-031616-035040. Epub 2017 Oct 20" |