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Research Project: Insect Control and Resistance Management in Corn, Cotton, Sorghum, Soybean, and Sweet Potato, and Alternative Approaches to Tarnished Plant Bug Control in the Southern United States

Location: Southern Insect Management Research

Title: Chemical Communication in Insects: New Advances in Integrated Pest Management Strategies

Author
item GUERRERO, ANGEL - INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED CHEMISTRY OF CATALONIA(CSIC)
item Reddy, Gadi V.P.

Submitted to: Insects
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/30/2023
Publication Date: 10/3/2023
Citation: Guerrero, A., Reddy, G.V. 2023. Chemical Communication in Insects: New Advances in Integrated Pest Management Strategies. Insects. 14:01-05. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14100799.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14100799

Interpretive Summary: The paper highlighted in several ways how relevant is to unveil the chemical communication in insects, particularly to manage their control in IPM strategies. In the last decades there has been a huge volume of literature dealing with successful applications of pheromones mainly combined with other control strategies in IPM approaches, such as monitoring of pest populations, mass trapping, mating disruption, attract-and-kill, and push-pull programs. Advances in current technologies and development of new ones will be of great usefulness in future sustainable pest management programs. The use of synthetic and semi-synthetic generic noctuid lures could serve as basis for further studies related to the monitoring and management of new fly pests, vectors and parasites. Future work on the field is required to ascertain the role of the compound in the chemical ecology of the leaf beetle.

Technical Abstract: Chemical communication plays a pivotal role in many insect behaviors including food-seeking, recruitment, recognition of congeners, reproduction, alarm, territorial marking and survival, among others. Many of these behaviors are regulated by semiochemicals which are chemicals able to induce inter- and intra-specific chemical communication. Semiochemicals have great potential for use in integrated pest management (IPM) programs, being pheromones particularly effective since they are species-specific, display low acute toxicities to mammals and other beneficial organisms, active at extremely low doses, and environmentally-benign leaving no harmful residues behind. In the last decades there has been a huge volume of literature dealing with successful applications of pheromones mainly combined with other control strategies in IPM approaches, such as monitoring of pest populations, mass trapping, mating disruption, attract-and-kill, and push-pull programs.