ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2010
General principles of attraction and competitive attraction as revealed by large-cage studies of moths responding to sex pheromone.
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- Mechanisms mediating false codling moth, Thaumatotibia leucotreta (lepidoptera: Tortricidae), mating disruption using point-source pheromone dispensers.Pest management science · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Mating Disruption for Suppression ofInsects · 2025Article
- Identification and Field Evaluation of Sex Pheromone Components and Its Antagonist Produced by a Major Tea Pest,Insects · 2022Article
- Organic Control Strategies for Use in IPM of Invertebrate Pests in Apple and Pear Orchards.Insects · 2021Review
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- Sex Pheromone Aerosol Devices for Mating Disruption: Challenges for a Brighter Future.Insects · 2019Review
- Maximizing Information Yield From Pheromone-Baited Monitoring Traps: Estimating Plume Reach, Trapping Radius, and Absolute Density of Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Michigan Apple.Journal of economic entomology · 2017Article
- Pheromones and Other Semiochemicals for Monitoring Rare and Endangered Species.Journal of chemical ecology · 2016Review
- The optimal sex pheromone release rate for trapping the codling moth Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in the field.Scientific reports · 2016Article
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- Neural coding merges sex and habitat chemosensory signals in an insect herbivore.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2013Article
- Taxis assays measure directional movement of mosquitoes to olfactory cues.Parasites & vectors · 2013Article
- Aerial application of pheromones for mating disruption of an invasive moth as a potential eradication tool.PloS one · 2012Article
- Small cages with insect couples provide a simple method for a preliminary assessment of mating disruption.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2012Article
- Effect of pheromone dispenser density on timing and duration of approaches by peachtree borer.Journal of chemical ecology · 2010Article
- Potential benefits, limitations and target product-profiles of odor-baited mosquito traps for malaria control in Africa.PloS one · 2010Article
- Sex pheromones and their impact on pest management.Journal of chemical ecology · 2010Review
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Abstract
Knowledge of how insects are actually affected by sex pheromones deployed throughout a crop so as to disrupt mating has lacked a mechanistic framework sufficient for guiding optimization of this environmentally friendly pest-control tactic. Major hypotheses are competitive attraction, desensitization, and camouflage. Working with codling moths, Cydia pomonella, in field cages millions of times larger than laboratory test tubes and at substrate concentrations trillions of times less than those typical for enzymes, we nevertheless demonstrate that mating disruption sufficiently parallels enzyme (ligand) -substrate interactions so as to justify adoption of conceptual and analytical tools of biochemical kinetics. By doing so, we prove that commercial dispensers of codling moth pheromone first competitively attract and then deactivate males probably for the remainder of a night. No evidence was found for camouflage. We generated and now validate simple algebraic equations for attraction and competitive attraction that will guide optimization and broaden implementation of behavioral manipulations of pests. This analysis system also offers a unique approach to quantifying animal foraging behaviors and could find applications across the natural and social sciences.
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