During the past 68 years that have elapsed since the identification of the first insect pheromone (Butenandt, 1959) there has been a bourgeoning of basic and applied research that has resulted in an amazingly diverse and effective use of pheromones in IPM. Other behavior-modifying semiochemicals have had more limited success on a commercial level, althoughmuch research is continuing to try to f...

Cost is a potential limiting factor in the adoption of mating disruption to control oriental beetle, Anomala orientalis (Waterhouse) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). A 3-yr study was conducted in 1-ha blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum L., plots to test the possibility of lowering cost by reducing the number of point-source dispensers and pheromone [(Z)-7-tetradecen-2-one] concentrations, while maintai...

Abstract A study was conducted to determine rates of recapture marked Agriotes obscurus (AO) males released in a grassy field on four occasions the centre pheromone trap squares with traps spaced 2.5, 5.0, 7.5 and 10.0 m apart. Concurrent catches naturally occurring dispersed (wild) AO were also recorded. Catch highest during peak emergence when maximum weekly temperatures ranged from 15.7 17 °...

Fungus gnats (Sciaridae) are one of the most devastating pests on mushroom farms. Generally, they controlled using relatively inefficient physical means, like sticky or pheromone traps, with chemical pesticides. Here, we have proposed an integrated fungus gnat control system combining a UV-A LED source at 365 nm and high-power laser diode 445 nm. The serves light trap, since previous studies co...