From Insect Pheromones to Mating Disruption Theory and Practice

• Other Authors: Lucchi, Andrea (Editor), Benelli, Giovanni (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Zoology & animal sciences; sex pheromone; biological control; flight tunnel; Integrated Pest Management; mealybug monitoring; mating disruption; cotton bollworm; processing tomato; geostatistics; Grapholita funebrana; Tortricidae; sex pheromones; integrated pest management; pheromone; Lyctus africanus; powderpost beetle; age; mating; navel orangeworm; Amyelois transitella; almond; citrophilous mealybug; IPM; semiochemicals; sustainable pest control; chemical ecology; grapevine; olfactory cues; cuticular hydrocarbons; host-marking pheromone; true fruit flies; olfaction; odours; biosynthesis; pheromone perception; resistance; review; field trials; moth phenology; vineyards; apple orchards; blueberry orchards; SPLAT wax matrix; remaining pheromone in point sources; n/a
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The present book, a reprint of the successful Insects Special Issue "From Insect Pheromones to Mating Disruption: Theory and Practice", includes laboratory and field studies dealing with insect pheromones, as well as on mating disruption efficacy against insect species of economic importan...