Covering all aspects of insect pheromones and their use in pest control, this book should be of interest to senior undergraduates, postgraduates, research workers in entomology, agriculture and crop protection. This book should be of interest to senior undergraduates, postgraduates, research workers in entomology, agriculture and crop protection.
One Pheromones and Behaviour.- 1 Insect semiochemicals and communication.- 2 The role of pheromones in insect behaviour and ecology.- 3 Factors controlling responses of insects to pheromones.- 4 Bioassay methods.- Two Chemical Aspects of Pheromones.- 5 Chemical structures and diversity of pheromones.- 6 Isolation and structure determination.- 7 Synthesis of pheromones.- 8 Structure and species specificity.- Three Practical Applications of Pheromones and Other Semiochemicals.- 9 Pest monitoring.- 10 Mass trapping.- 11 Lure and kill.- 12 Mating disruption.- 13 Other uses of semiochemicals.