Management of Insect Pests with Semiochemicals: Concepts and Practice

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Practical Application of Pheromones in Regulatory Pest Management Programs....Pages 1-11
Monitoring the Boll Weevil in Technical and Commercial Operations....Pages 13-17
Recent Developments in the Use of Pheromones to Monitor Plodia Interpunctella and Ephestia Cautella ....Pages 19-28
Biomonitoring for Stored-Product Insects....Pages 29-40
The Use of Pheromone Traps to Monitor Distribution and Population Trends of the Gypsy Moth....Pages 41-55
Monitoring Codling Moth Populations in British Columbia Apple Orchards....Pages 57-62
Monitoring for the Angoumois Grain Moth in Corn....Pages 63-73
Sex Attractant Traps: Their Role in the Management of Spruce Budworm....Pages 75-91
Future Thrusts for Development of Insect Sex Pheromones as Monitoring Tools....Pages 93-94
The “3-Body” Problem Analogy in Mass-Trapping Programs....Pages 95-102
Suppression of Dendroctonus Brevicomis by Using a Mass-Trapping Tactic....Pages 103-114
Pheromone-Baited Traps and Trap Trees in the Integrated Management of Bark Beetles in Urban Areas....Pages 115-131
Pheromone-Based Suppression of Ambrosia Beetles in Industrial Timber Processing Areas....Pages 133-154
Deployment of Traps in a Barrier Strategy to Reduce Populations of the European Elm Bark Beetle, and the Incidence of Dutch Elm Disease....Pages 155-174
Practical Results from the Mass Trapping of IPS Typographus in Scandinavia....Pages 175-181
Mass Trapping for Suppression of Japanese Beetles....Pages 183-190
Mass Trapping for Detection, Suppression and Integration with other Suppression Measures Against the Boll Weevil....Pages 191-203
Future Thrusts for Developing and Utilizing Mass-Trapping Technology....Pages 205-206
Mating Disruption of Lepidopterous Pests: Current Status and Future Prospects....Pages 207-228
Small-Plot Disorientation Tests for Screening Potential Mating Disruptants....Pages 229-242
Field and Laboratory Evaluation of Mating Disruptants of Heliothis Zea and Spodoptera Frugiperda in Florida....Pages 243-251
Evaluation of Microencapsulated Formulations of Pheromone Components of the Egyptian Cotton Leafworm in Crete....Pages 253-265
Pink Bollworm and Tobacco Budworm Mating Disruption Studies on Cotton....Pages 267-283
Research and Development of Pheromones for Insect Control with Emphasis on the Pink Bollworm....Pages 285-303
Formate Pheromone Mimics as Mating Disruptants of the Striped Rice Borer Moth, Chilo Suppressalis (Walker)....Pages 305-311
Disruption of Sex Pheromone Communication in Chilo Suppressalis with Pheromone and Analogs....Pages 313-325
Field Experiments to Develop Control of the Grape Moth, Eupoecilia Ambiguella , by Communication Disruption....Pages 327-338
Disruption of Spruce Budworm Mating—State of the Art....Pages 339-349
Control of Moth Pests by Mating Disruption in Forests of the Western United States....Pages 351-364
Disruption of Southern Pine Beetle Infestations with Attractants and Inhibitors....Pages 365-383
Disruption of Long-Distance Pheromone Communication in the Oriental Fruit Moth: Camouflaging the Natural Aerial Trails from Females?....Pages 385-398
Future Thrusts on Mating Disruption of Pest Insects with Semiochemicals....Pages 399-401
Formulation and Regulation: Constraints on the Development of Semiochemicals for Insect Pest Management....Pages 403-420
Position of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency on Regulation of Biorational Pesticides....Pages 421-423
Methodology for Determining the Release Rates of Pheromones from Hollow Fibers....Pages 425-443
The Hercon Dispenser Formulation and Recent Test Results....Pages 445-453
Formulation, Toxicology and Regulation: Future Thrusts for Development of Semiochemicals in Insect Pest Control....Pages 455-456
Oviposition-Deterring Pheromone of the European Cherry Fruit Fly: Status of Research and Potential Applications....Pages 457-462
Elucidation and Employment of Semiochemicals in the Manipulation of Entomophagous Insects....Pages 463-475
Oviposition-Deterring Pheromone System of Apple Maggot Flies....Pages 477-494
Back Matter....Pages 495-514