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Semiochemicals and Their Potential Use in Pest Management in Horticultural Crops

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Semiochemicals have been exploited in several ways to manage insect pests. These include monitoring and detection, population suppression through mating disruption, mass trapping and attract-and-kill techniques. The male-produced aggregation pheromone is successfully used in food-baited traps for the area-wide integrated management of red palm weevil in date palm, coconut palm and Canary Island palm plantations. Although the pheromones are very effective, environment friendly and economical but their use in the field still remains low. The development of new dispensers and cost-effective formulation will bring about a change in the usage pattern of pheromones. Awareness to farmers and developmental agencies is an important activity for increasing the pheromone intake in field. The future of pheromone technology depends on the smart delivery systems, highly effective pheromones at low doses, modified easy to use traps and cost-effective products.

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Bakthatvatsalam, N., Subharan, K., Mani, M. (2022). Semiochemicals and Their Potential Use in Pest Management in Horticultural Crops. In: Mani, M. (eds) Trends in Horticultural Entomology . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0343-4_9

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