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Title: Semiochemicals in pest management: development, regulation and applications. Subtitle: Delivering on the promise of pheromones

Author
item Zhu, Junwei - Jerry
item BAKER, TOM - Pennsylvania State University
item MILLAR, JOCELYN - University Of California
item ROMEO, JOHN - Springer

Submitted to: Journal of Chemical Ecology
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/17/2016
Publication Date: 8/23/2016
Publication URL: http://handle.nal.usda.gov/10113/5498089
Citation: Zhu, J.J., Baker, T., Millar, J.G., Romeo, J. 2016. Semiochemicals in pest management: development, regulation and applications. Subtitle: Delivering on the promise of pheromones. Journal of Chemical Ecology. Available: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10886-016-0744-5.

Interpretive Summary: Semiochemical-based pest management has been widely used to monitor and control insect pests in agriculture, forestry, and public health sectors all over the world. This special issue is built upon the recent focus at the Asia-Pacific Chemical Ecology Conference in Sept. 2015 with many broad and diverse semiochemical-based research presentations. Therefore, we feel this topic is of significant interest, and it is indeed worth to publish a special issue about the development, regulation and applications of semiochemicals in pest management worldwide.

Technical Abstract: In this special issue, we present a total of 20 review articles and original research papers in semiochemical applications from not only insects, also in some vertebrates. We have covered many areas of using chemical ecology tools for practical applications from all four continents, which include pheromone-based mass trapping and mating disruption, pheromone syntheses via green chemistry, plant or secondary metabolites-based repellent discovery against insects and rodents, as well as uses of behavioral, physiological and molecular understandings for pest management. This special issue will provide us a chance not only to feature the best, but also focus and advance the applied discipline. We believe that many selected articles will be widely read and cited. The most important contribution of this special issue is to establish the much needed bridges among applied chemical ecologists worldwide for their future international collaborations, as well as to provide critical regulatory information to semiochemical industries for their global product sales and development.