Insect Sex Pheromones in Pest Management: Strategy and Perspectives

Mohamed Adel Ahmed Manal

Insect Sex Pheromones in Pest Management: Strategy and Perspectives
Format
Paperback
Publisher
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Country
United States
Published
23 July 2014
Pages
84
ISBN
9783659578687

Insect Sex Pheromones in Pest Management: Strategy and Perspectives

Mohamed Adel Ahmed Manal

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Semiochemicals are small organic compounds that transmit chemical messages. They emitted by living organisms (plants, insects, etc.) that induce a behavioral or a physiological response in other individuals, they are used by insects for intra- and interspecies communication. Insects detect semiochemicals directly from the air with olfactory receptors. In most insects, the receptors are located in sensilla hairs on the antennae. The term semiochemical has been in use since 1971. It is derived from the Greek word semeon, which means sign or signal. These compounds can be classified in two groups considering whether they act as intraspecific (pheromones) or interspecific (allelochemicals) mediators. Allelochemicals include allomones (emitting species benefits), kairomones (receptor species benefits) and synomones (both species benefit) . However, a single chemical signal may act as both as pheromone and allelochemical .

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