The influence of Canadian research on semiochemical-based management of forest insect pests in Canada

Insects use semiochemicals to mediate important behaviours such as mating, oviposition, and foraging for resources. Chemical ecology research aims to identify these message-bearing chemicals and develop synthetic copies of semiochemicals for use in integrated pest management (IPM). There has been, a...

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Published inCanadian entomologist Vol. 148; no. S1; pp. S170 - S209
Main Authors Evenden, Maya L., Silk, Peter J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.08.2016
Subjects
Agricultural practices
Anoplophora glabripennis
Cecidomyiidae
Cerambycidae
Chemical ecology
Chemical research
Choristoneura fumiferana
Communication
Dendroctonus ponderosae
Dendroctonus pseudotsugae
Dendroctonus rufipennis
Ecological research
Ecology
Entomology
Erebidae
Forage
Foraging
Forest management
Forests
Geometridae
Insects
Integrated pest management
Lambdina fiscellaria
Lepidoptera
Mating
Orgyia
Oviposition
Pest control
Pests
Pheromones
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Pyralidae
R&D
Reproductive behaviour
Research & development
Researchers
Science
Semiochemicals
Supplemental Issue: Forest Entomology
Tactics
Taxa
Tetropium
Tetropium cinnamopterum
Tortricidae
Canada
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Summary:Insects use semiochemicals to mediate important behaviours such as mating, oviposition, and foraging for resources. Chemical ecology research aims to identify these message-bearing chemicals and develop synthetic copies of semiochemicals for use in integrated pest management (IPM). There has been, and continues to be, an extensive research effort to understand the chemical ecology of various insects considered to be pests of forests in Canada. Canadian chemical ecology research has had an impact on IPM of forest insect pests in Canada and around the world. Canadian researchers have been involved in the identification of semiochemicals used by forest insects and the development and implementation of semiochemical-based management tactics for forest pest management. Semiochemicals have been incorporated into forest pest management for a variety of insect taxa primarily as tools to monitor and control forest insect pests in Canada. The goals of the current review are to: (1) highlight research conducted on semiochemical-based management of forest pests in Canada; (2) discuss the current and potential uses of semiochemicals in IPM of forest pests in Canada; and (3) evaluate potential areas for increased research and implementation of semiochemicals into the management of forest pests in Canada.
ISSN:0008-347X
1918-3240
DOI:10.4039/tce.2015.17