Insect Growth and Regulation

Some of these compounds are active against a wide range of insect and mite species but the most sensitive are those that grow rapidly and moult 

Sex pheromones have found a place in monitoring for the presence of insects as a guide to when spraying of conventional chemicals might be needed. However, the use of pheromones to attract insects and then trap them is not an effective control strategy because males only are attracted and the trapping has to be close to 100% effective to reduce mating in the field and this, to date, has been unachievable. The use of lure and kill  

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