A little bit on the side - the failure of mating disruption to control 'Helicoverpa armigera' (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in tomato and capsicum crops

David Britton; Peter Gregg; Alice del Socorro; E Smith; R Thompson

A little bit on the side - the failure of mating disruption to control 'Helicoverpa armigera' (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in tomato and capsicum crops

David Britton, Peter Gregg, Alice del Socorro, E Smith, R Thompson

School of Environmental & Rural Science

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Synthetic sex pheromones have been used in pest management as monitoring tools, and as control agents for mass-trapping, attract-and-kill lures, and as mating-disruption agents. Lepidopteran sex pheromones are produced by female moths to attract males. When sex pheromones are used as control agents they act to prevent mating by either attracting and killing male moths, or by preventing males from locating virgin females in the field. Mating disruption involves permeating areas with sex pheromone, so that males are no longer able to locate virgin females. Successful mating disruption requires a good understanding of the ecology of the target species. A full-scale trial of mating disruption for 'H. armigera' found that the dispersal and reproductive behaviour of this species make it an unsuitable target for mating disruption as a single method of control.

Original language	English
Pages	39-39
Publication status	Published - 2003
Event	ESA 2003: 28th Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Australia - University of New England, Armidale, Australia Duration: 8 Dec 2003 → 10 Dec 2003

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Conference	ESA 2003: 28th Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Australia
City	Armidale, Australia
Period	8/12/03 → 10/12/03

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Crop and Pasture Protection (Pests, Diseases and Weeds)

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Britton, D., Gregg, P., del Socorro, A., Smith, E., & Thompson, R. (2003). A little bit on the side - the failure of mating disruption to control 'Helicoverpa armigera' (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in tomato and capsicum crops. 39-39. Paper presented at ESA 2003: 28th Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Australia, Armidale, Australia. https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4410

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A little bit on the side - the failure of mating disruption to control 'Helicoverpa armigera' (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in tomato and capsicum crops. / Britton, David; Gregg, Peter; del Socorro, Alice et al.
2003. 39-39 Paper presented at ESA 2003: 28th Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Australia, Armidale, Australia.

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A little bit on the side - the failure of mating disruption to control 'Helicoverpa armigera' (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in tomato and capsicum crops

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