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Insect Pheromones and their Use in Pest Management

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Mass trapping in concept would appear to be simple: place a high density of traps in the crop to be protected and achieve a measure of protection through removal of a sufficiently high proportion of individuals from the population by trapping. In practice, it is rarely that simple. Several factors make the technique non-viable on a large scale. These include:

  • lack of attraction of females by the attractant source used;

  • lack of highly efficient traps;

  • problem of high insect populations and trap saturation;

  • need for a high density of traps per unit of surface area, which in turn renders the technique too costly.

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    P. E. Howse

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, UK

    I. D. R. Stevens

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Howse, P.E., Stevens, I.D.R., Jones, O.T. (1998). Mass trapping. In: Insect Pheromones and their Use in Pest Management. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5344-7_10

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