PEST CONTROL. “Pheromones have fulfilled their early promise for non-toxic pest control. For example, with sufficient synthetic female sex pheromone released into an apple orchard, male codling moths cannot find the real females to fertilize their eggs (so there are fewer caterpillars, which cause the damage). In contrast to broadly toxic pesticides, the specificity of non-toxic sex pheromones means that environmental impacts are minimised — predators such as spiders and carabid beetles are left unaffected.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022