EurekAlert https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/ii-gpg011421.php

ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200827101821.htm

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University of Bath

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Scientists have developed a molecular sponge that soaks up the pheromones of ants and releases them slowly to attract the pests to an …

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2019-07-pheromones-nematodes-boost-pests.html

by Sandra Avant, Agricultural Research Service Beneficial nematodes are used as biological control agents to fight a variety of insect pests that severely damage crops. …

FreshPlaza http://www.freshplaza.com/article/189304/Brazil-Pheromone-identified-from-insect-that-transmits-citrus-greening-(HLB)

Science Direct Elsevier https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347218300307?_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_origin=gateway&_docanchor=&md5=b8429449ccfc9c30159a5f9aeaa92ffb

PCT Magazine http://www.pctonline.com/article/researchers-identify-chemicals-termite-communicate/ N.C. State researchers have identified the termite royal recognition pheromone emitted by queens.

Edited by Brad HarbisonResearchers at North …

From Sheryl Backhouse

I have been asked by a grower in SE Qld for a method to control a stem burrowing grub that insecticide doesn’t work very well against unless you get the timing just right to knock out the instars. Thinking it may be Leucinodes …

ScienceBlog

https://scienceblog.com/509164/worm-pheromones-protect-major-crops/

Protecting crops from pests and pathogens without using toxic pesticides has been a longtime goal of farmers. Researchers at Boyce Thompson Institute have found that …