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It has been long known that natural enemies use chemical signals of multiple origin sources in host/prey finding. These semiochemicals are derived from host/prey and its subproducts (known as kairomones) or host/prey-plant complex, such as herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs). Strategies can exploit those chemicals, especially the volatiles as host/prey pheromones and HIPVs, to recruit and retain natural enemies in crops or optimize natural enemy foraging efficiency. Although far less studied, natural enemy pheromones can also be explored in tactics to enhance biological control efficiency. Several studies have shown that semiochemical-based tactics improve conservation and/or augmented biological control. In this chapter, I reviewed the main semiochemical-based practices to improve biological control in the literature and critically discussed their advantages and drawbacks. Given the vast literature on natural enemy behavior to host/prey and plant odors, I gave special attention to practical studies conducted in greenhouses or field conditions.
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Peñaflor, M.F.G.V. (2019). Use of Semiochemical-Based Strategies to Enhance Biological Control. In: Souza, B., Vázquez, L., Marucci, R. (eds) Natural Enemies of Insect Pests in Neotropical Agroecosystems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24733-1_41
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