Increased public awareness of conventional insecticide impacts on human and environmental health, as well as the withdrawal of many insecticides owing to regulatory requirements, has increased the need for effective alternative strategies to manage this important pest. Semiochemicals such as phenolics, terpenoids and alkaloids have been exploited for their antimicrobial and insect-behavior-modifying properties.14 In addition to known attractant and repellant properties, many semiochemicals can act as insecticides.15 – 18 Management of houseflies through the use of insect semiochemicals would be a new and potentially important component of a novel fly management strategy owing to their
high target specificity, unique modes of action and associated low toxicity to non-target organisms. Semiochemicals are also safer than conventional insecticides on account of their rapid environmental biodegradation and low toxicity to humans and other mammals. The active ingredients used in semiochemicalbased products are of relatively low cost because of their extensive use in the fragrance and flavoring industries, and they suffer less from problems of registration difficulties than conventional insecticides.1
Increased public awareness of conventional insecticide impacts on human and environmental health, as well as the withdrawal of many insecticides owing to regulatory requirements, has increased the need for effective alternative strategies to manage this important pest. Semiochemicals such as phenolics, terpenoids and alkaloids have been exploited for their antimicrobial and insect-behavior-modifying properties.14 In addition to known attractant and repellant properties, many semiochemicals can act as insecticides.15 – 18 Management of houseflies through the use of insect semiochemicals would be a new and potentially important component of a novel fly management strategy owing to theirhigh target specificity, unique modes of action and associated low toxicity to non-target organisms. Semiochemicals are also safer than conventional insecticides on account of their rapid environmental biodegradation and low toxicity to humans and other mammals. The active ingredients used in semiochemicalbased products are of relatively low cost because of their extensive use in the fragrance and flavoring industries, and they suffer less from problems of registration difficulties than conventional insecticides.1
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