Biorational methods have currently emerged as viable alternatives to monitor and suppress pest populations. The estimated annual production of semiochemicals for monitoring and mass trapping is to the tune of tens of millions, covering at least 10 million ha. Insect pest populations are controlled by air permeation and attract-and-kill techniques on at least one million […]
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The discovery, isolation and chemical identification of sex pheromone (bombycol) of the silk worm, Bombyx mori (Linnaeus) in 1959, provided impetus for the exploitation of pheromones in pest management. Upto 1970s, pheromones and pheromone mimics for more than 200 insects were known and by the end of 1980s the number rose to over 2000. Some […]