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Use of pheromones in crop and stored products pest management: control and monitoring

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

D. G. Campion ,
D. R. Hall  and
P. F. Prevett
D. G. Campion
Affiliation:
Tropical Development & Research Institute, College House, Wrights Lane, London W8 5SJ
D. R. Hall
Affiliation:
Tropical Development & Research Institute, 56/62 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8LU
P. F. Prevett
Affiliation:
Tropical Development & Research Institute, London Road, Slough SL3 7HL
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Abstract

Pheromones have been successfully used on a large scale for control of pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella, by mating disruption in Egypt and Pakistan using various slow release formulations. Similar formulations are being developed for control of other cotton bollworms, Earias insulana and E. vittella. Small-scale trials are in progress to evaluate pheromone formulations for control of sugar-cane borers, Chilo sacchariphagus and C. auricilius in Mauritius and India, and the tropical warehouse moth, Ephestia camelia, as a pest of stored cocoa in Brazil. Traps baited with the pheromone of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta, have been extensively used in Eastern and Southern Africa as the basis of a forecasting system of pest incidence.

Traps baited with the synthetic aggregation pheromone of the larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus, have been developed and are in use in E and W Africa for detection and monitoring of this pest of stored grain.

Résumé

On a utilisé les phéromones dans la lutte contre le ver rose Pectinophora gossypiella sur le coton en Egypte et au Pakistan à grande échelle de façon à éliminer des communications pour empêcher l'accouplement. Des essais à plus petite échelle out été developpées pour d'autres chenilles de la capsule Earias insulana et Earias vittella au Pakistan, les mineuses de la canne à sucre Chilo sacchariphagus et Chilo auricilius en Inde et dans l'île Maurice et dans le domaine du stockage pour Ephestia cautella un ravageur du cacao au Brésil.

Des pièges à phéromone de Spodoptera exempta sont maintenant employés dans un réseau en Ethiopie, au Kenya, en Tanzanie et au Malawi pour suivre les mouvements des adultes dont les migrations s'étendent sur des centaines de kilomètres. Les pièges à phéromone d'aggregation de Prostephanus truncatus ont été développés et on les emploie en Afrique de l'Est et de l'Ouest dans un système de surveillance pour ce ravageur important du maïs en stockage.

Keywords

PheromonescontrolmonitoringPectinophora gossypiellaEarias insulanaE. vittellaChilo sacchariphagusC. auriciliusEphestia cautellaSpodoptera exemptaProstephanus truncatus
Type
Symposium VII: Conventional and Novel Pesticides in Tropical Pest Management
Information
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 8 , Issue 4-5-6: Recent Advances in Research on Tropical Entomology , December 1987 , pp. 737 - 741
Copyright
Copyright © ICIPE 1987

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