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Pheromones and other semiochemicals play an important role in the natural world by influencing the behavior of plants, mammals, and insects. In the latter case, species-dependent pheromone communication has numerous applications, including the detection, trapping, monitoring and guiding of insects, as well as pest management in agriculture. On-site sensors are desirable when volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are used as semiochemicals. Insects have evolved highly selective sensors for such compounds, so biosensors comprising complete insects, isolated organs or individual proteins can be highly effective. However, isolated insect organs have a limited lifetime as biosensor, so biomimetic approaches are needed for prolonged monitoring, novel applications, or measurements in challenging environments. We discuss the development of on-site biosensors and biomimetic approaches for airborne-pheromone sensing, together with biomimetic VOC sensor systems. Furthermore, the infochemical effect describing the anthropogenic contamination of the ecosystem through semiochemicals, will be considered in the context of novel on-site pheromone sensing-systems.

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Abbreviations

DRIFT:

diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform

EAG:

electroantennography

e-nose:

electronic nose

FETs:

field-effect transistors

IMS:

ion mobility spectrometry

NTD:

needle trap device

OBPs:

odorant-binding proteins

QMBs:

quartz-crystal microbalances

SAW:

surface-acoustic-wave

SOMMSA:

selective odorant measurement of a multi-sensor array

VOCs:

Volatile organic compounds

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This work was supported by the state Hesse (Germany) within the joint-project “LOEWE-AmbiProbe – mass spectrometric in situ analysis in the sectors health, environment, climate, and safety.” The authors thank the members of the gas sensor group at the Institute of Applied Physics Giessen for valuable comments and Dr. Richard M. Twyman for editing the manuscript.

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  1. Institute of Applied Physics, JLU Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, 35392, Giessen, Germany

    Christoph Wehrenfennig & Claus-Dieter Kohl

  2. Institute for Soil Science and Soil Conservation, JLU Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, Giessen, Germany

    Christoph Wehrenfennig & Rolf Alexander Düring

  3. Institute for Phytopathology and Applied Zoology, JLU Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, Giessen, Germany

    Matthias Schott, Tina Gasch & Andreas Vilcinskas

  4. Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Project Group Bioresources, Winchesterstraße 2, 35394, Giessen, Germany

    Andreas Vilcinskas

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Wehrenfennig, C., Schott, M., Gasch, T. et al. On-site airborne pheromone sensing. Anal Bioanal Chem 405, 6389–6403 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-013-7113-9

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