Controlling the Behavior of Harmful Insects: Light and Chemical Signals and Their Combined Action

Since environmental safety is the most important requirement for modern plant protection, a promising direction of its development is the search for ways to control pest behavior using non-toxic electromagnetic radiation (light) and natural chemical compounds (semiochemicals). This review covers a w...

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Published in:Entomological review 2022-09, Vol.102 (6), p.782-819
Main Author: Frolov, A. N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal behavior
Attractants
Bioactive compounds
Biological activity
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Chemical stimuli
Control
Electromagnetic radiation
Electromagnetism
Functional morphology
Information processing
Insect pests
Kairomones
Life Sciences
Light
Light sources
Odorant receptors
Olfactory perception
Olfactory stimuli
Pests
Plant protection
Plants
Population control
Semiochemicals
Sensory integration
Structure-function relationships
Visual perception
Visual stimuli
Zoology
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Summary:Since environmental safety is the most important requirement for modern plant protection, a promising direction of its development is the search for ways to control pest behavior using non-toxic electromagnetic radiation (light) and natural chemical compounds (semiochemicals). This review covers a wide range of theoretical and practical aspects of controlling insect behavior with light and chemical cues, separately or in combination. The modern ideas about the structural and functional organization of the visual and olfactory receptor systems in insects, the specific features of their visual and olfactory perception, and the multimodal mechanisms of sensory information processing that underlie complex forms of behavior are discussed. The history of using artificial light sources in plant protection and the experience of using pheromone-based products to suppress pest reproduction (mass catching, disorientation, indirect methods of population control) are briefly described. Special attention is paid to the advantages and drawbacks of light emitters and biologically active compounds (synthetic sex attractants and plant-derived kairomones) in monitoring and extermination of insect pests, and their safety for non-target insect species is evaluated using specific examples. Since the combined use of light and semiochemicals often shows a synergistic effect in attracting the target species, it is very important to develop trap designs combining visual and olfactory stimuli.
ISSN:0013-8738
1555-6689
DOI:10.1134/S0013873822060033