The potential for monitoring and control of insect pests in Southern Hemisphere forestry plantations using semiochemicals

R L Nadel; M J Wingfield; M C Scholes; Simon A Lawson; B Slippers

doi:10.1007/s13595-012-0200-9

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The potential for monitoring and control of insect pests in Southern Hemisphere forestry plantations using semiochemicals

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The potential for monitoring and control of insect pests in Southern Hemisphere forestry plantations using semiochemicals

R L Nadel, M J Wingfield, M C Scholes, Simon A Lawson and B Slippers

Annals of Forest Science, Vol.69(7), pp.757-767

2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-012-0200-9

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Abstract

pheromone

kairomone

pest management

forest entomology

forest plantations

Context: Southern Hemisphere plantation forestry has grown substantially over the past few decades and will play an increasing role in fibre production and carbon sequestration in future. The sustainability of these plantations is, however, increasingly under pressure from introduced pests. This pressure requires an urgent and matching increase in the speed and efficiency at which tools are developed to monitor and control these pests. Aim: To consider the potential role of semiochemicals to address the need for more efficient pest control in Southern Hemisphere plantations, particularly by drawing from research in other parts of the world. Results: Semiochemical research in forestry has grown exponentially over the last 40 years but has been almost exclusively focussed on Northern Hemisphere forests. In these forests, semiochemicals have played an important role to enhance the efficiency of integrated pest management programmes. An analysis of semiochemical research from 1970 to 2010 showed a rapid increase over time. It also indicated that pheromones have been the most extensively studied type of semiochemical in forestry, contributing to 92% of the semiochemical literature over this period, compared with research on plant kairomones. This research has led to numerous applications in detection of new invasions, monitoring population levels and spread, in addition to controlling pests by mass trapping or disrupting of aggregation and mating signals. Conclusion: The value of semiochemicals as an environmentally benign and efficient approach to managing forest plantation pests in the Southern Hemisphere seems obvious. There is, however, a lack of research capacity and focus to optimally capture this opportunity. Given the pressure from increasing numbers of pests and reduced opportunities to use pesticides, there is some urgency to develop semiochemical research capacity.

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Title: The potential for monitoring and control of insect pests in Southern Hemisphere forestry plantations using semiochemicals
Authors: R L Nadel (Author) - University of Pretoria, South Africa
M J Wingfield (Author) - University of Pretoria, South Africa
M C Scholes (Author) - University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Simon A Lawson (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
B Slippers (Author) - University of Pretoria, South Africa
Publication details: Annals of Forest Science, Vol.69(7), pp.757-767
Publisher: Springer France
Date published: 2012
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-012-0200-9
ISSN: 1286-4560
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Industries Research Centre; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450404302621
Output Type: Journal article

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