Pests
GM plants may replace harmful pesticides
A team of European scientists aim to use synthetic biology to produce insect sex pheromones in plants and fungi.Semiochemicals (pheromones) are emitted by insects for communication. The most widely known of these are sex pheromones that are used in mating disruption—a core tactic in IPM systems.
Innovative research: vibrational mating disruption (part 3)
While mating disruption has been a corner stone of IPM in pome and stone fruit orchards for many years, this work is an advanced and innovative approach to mating disruption, and a new direction for IPM.
IPM-friendly Helicovex® targets Heliothis
Helicovex® is a highly concentrated SC formulation of more than 7.5x1012 PIB/litre Helicoverpa armigera Nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV), making it the most concentrated Heliothis NPV product on the market.
Teaching computers to recognise pests
Machine vision technologies are now capable of identifying birds, animals and any other object better than expert humans.
Pheromones: identification & use in agriculture (part4)
How pheromone mating disruption works: Oriental fruit moth
Innovative research: vibrational mating disruption (part 2)
Grape farmers commonly protect crops from insects by repeatedly applying broad-spectrum chemical pesticides.An alternative approach is to use traps laced with highly specific insect-attracting scents called pheromones that lure pests into killing chambers. But not all insects have the chemical receptors necessary to respond to pheromones, so a gap in…
Grandex—a biological control tool for codling & Oriental fruit moth
IPM–focused apple and pear growers, and organic producers are aware that Organic Crop Protectants' product, Grandex Granulosis virus is a biological control tool for the management of Codling Moth and Oriental Fruit Moth.
Fruition® traps—for management of Qfly
Last season saw extensive use of the Fruition Trap technology, in its second year of commercialisation, for attracting, monitoring and managing Queensland Fruit Fly (QFF).
Innovative research: vibrational mating disruption
While mating disruption has been a corner stone of IPM in pome and stone fruit orchards for many years, this work is an advanced and innovative approach to mating disruption, and a new direction for IPM.
