Open AccessRecent developments with methyl isonicotinate a semiochemical used in thrips pest management
Author(s) -
D.A.J. Teulon,
M.M. Davidson,
Nigel B. Perry,
M.C. Nielson,
R.W.H.M. van Tol,
W.J. de Kogel
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand weed and pest control conference/new zealand plant protection/proceedings of the ... national weeds conference/proceedings of the new zealand weed control conference/proceedings of the new zealand plant protection conference
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0370-2804
pISSN - 0370-0968
DOI - 10.30843/nzpp.2011.64.5994
Subject(s) - semiochemical , thrips , pest analysis , biology , integrated pest management , western flower thrips , horticulture , ecology , thripidae
Methyl isonicotinate is one of several recently discovered and patented semiochemicals used in thrips pest management Methyl isonicotinate is the current active ingredient of LUREMTR (Koppert Biological Systems) and FROC and THSP (PHEROBANK) These lures are mostly used in Europe but there are plans for the release of these or similar products in Australasia in the near future Field and glasshouse trapping experiments and wind tunnel and Ytube olfactometer studies in several countries have shown that methyl isonicotinate has activity against at least 10 thrips species including several important pest species not found in New Zealand Methyl isonicotinate in LUREMTR FROC and THSP is primarily used as a lure with coloured sticky traps for enhanced monitoring of thrips in greenhouses Recent research indicates that methyl isonicotinate has the potential to be used for other thrips management strategies such as mass trapping lure and kill lure and infect and as a behavioural synergist in conjunction with insecticides in a range of indoor and outdoor crops