TY - JOUR
T1 - Chemical communication agents (pheromones) in integrated pest management
AU - Shani, Arnon
PY - 2000/1/1
Y1 - 2000/1/1
N2 - The increasing resistance of pests to pesticides and microbes to drugs constitutes one of the major problems facing farmers and physicians, respectively. In the agricultural arena, there is a steady shift away from mere pesticide application to a more diversified approach and especially to integrated pest management (IPM). The latter strategy focuses, among others, on chemical communication among the species that cause most damage to crops - insect pests - and on disease transfer agents. Pheromones are the principal agent of chemical communication exploited in pest control. The major features of these natural nontoxic chemicals and their modes of application, current as well as potential, are described. (C) 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
AB - The increasing resistance of pests to pesticides and microbes to drugs constitutes one of the major problems facing farmers and physicians, respectively. In the agricultural arena, there is a steady shift away from mere pesticide application to a more diversified approach and especially to integrated pest management (IPM). The latter strategy focuses, among others, on chemical communication among the species that cause most damage to crops - insect pests - and on disease transfer agents. Pheromones are the principal agent of chemical communication exploited in pest control. The major features of these natural nontoxic chemicals and their modes of application, current as well as potential, are described. (C) 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
KW - Chemospeciation
KW - Evasion
KW - Insects
KW - Pest control
KW - Sex pheromones
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U2 - 10.1002/1098-2299(200007/08)50:3/4<400::AID-DDR22>3.0.CO;2-V
DO - 10.1002/1098-2299(200007/08)50:3/4<400::AID-DDR22>3.0.CO;2-V
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0033815455
SN - 0272-4391
VL - 50
SP - 400
EP - 405
JO - Drug Development Research
JF - Drug Development Research
IS - 3-4
ER -