Pesticides pheromones

E. D. Morgan N. B. Mandava, Eds., Handbook of Natural Pesticides Pheromones CRC Press Boca Raton, FL, 1985 ... 

Liquid-crystalline stationary phases are used to analyze a great number of chemical compounds such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzodioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofur-ans, polychlorinated naphthalenes, terpenes, steroids, pesticides, pheromones, etc. 

Behavioral and Hormonal Chemicals. Sex pheromones, which attract pests to traps, are used effectively to control some insect pests, like the grape berry moth (46) and cabbage looper. With other Insect pests, sex pheromones have been effectively used to monitor the size of pest insect populations to determine when pesticide treatments should be made. 

Phillips, T.W., Cogan, P.M., and Fadamiro, H.Y. 2000b. Pheromones. In Alternatives to Pesticides in Stored-Product IPM (B. Subramanyam and D.W. Hagstrum, eds), pp. 273-302. Kluwer Academic, Boston. 

Many people think the ultimate pesticide should be developed from research now being done on certain insect attractants and juvenile hormones. Isolation of naturally occurring sex attractants (pheromones) and juvenile hormones has been accomplished. The attractants could be used to congregate large numbers of insects in one place for extermination by the already existing insecticides. Alternatively, juvenile hormones have been found that prevent maturation or cause sterility in many pests. 

Honma, L. Y., Kuwahara, Y., Sato, M., Matsuyama, S. and Suzuki, T. (1995). Structurally hybridized compounds between the aggregation and alarm pheromones of mite triggering conflicted behavior of Carpoglyphus lactis. Journal of Pesticide Science 20 265-271. 

Takahashi, S., Takegawa, H., Takabayashi, J., Abdullah, M., Fatimah, A. S. and Mohamed, M. (1988a). Sex pheromone activity of synthetic periplanone-B in male cockroaches of genera Periplaneta and Blatta. Journal of Pesticide Science 13 125-127. 

In many agricultural enterprises, organic farmers may use fewer inputs such as fertilisers and pesticides and sometimes more labour, such as for hand-weeding, than on conventional farms. This is not necessarily the case, as materials to manage nutrients and pests on organic farms such as mineral fertilisers, compost and pheromones can also be costly. 

Zweig, G. ed. Analytical Methods for Pesticides and Plant Growth Regulators. New York Academic Press. (This was a multi-volume series appearing between 1973 and 1989 that contains analytical methods for the analysis of food and food additives, fungicides, herbicides, nemati-cides, pheromones, rodenticides, and soil fumigants.)... 

The chapters in this volume examine the state of the art of the development of effective chemical and biological agents, as well as the unique application problems not encountered in conventional agricultural situations. The effectiveness of pesticides or pheromone technology in combating forest pests is not the only determinant. Factors peculiar to the forest situation, including the delicate balance of the ecosystem, must be considered in both the development and application stages of all control tactics. 

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