title: Insect chemical ecology research in the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service.
abstract: This multi-author paper reviews current work by USDA-ARS scientists in the field of chemical ecology. Work with pheromones, the discovery and development of the codling moth kairomone, studies on insect-plant interactions and chemically mediated tritrophic plant-insect interactions have led to practical methods for control of important insect pests.
authors.affiliation: USDA-ARS Chemicals Affecting Insect Behavior Laboratory, Agricultural Research Center-West, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA. aldrichj@ba.ars.usda.gov
authors.forename: Jeffrey R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Aldrich
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Bartelt
authors.forename: Joseph C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dickens
authors.forename: Alan L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: Douglas M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Light
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Tumlinson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D004463:Ecology; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006927:Hymenoptera / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D007313:Insecta / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D009036:Moths / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D063245:Plant Development; D010944:Plants / Q000469:parasitology; D012107:Research Design; D014481:United States; D016885:United States Department of Agriculture