Insect chemical ecology research in the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service.
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.
Aldrich
Jeffrey R
JR
USDA-ARS Chemicals Affecting Insect Behavior Laboratory, Agricultural Research Center-West, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA. aldrichj@ba.ars.usda.gov
Bartelt
Robert J
RJ
Dickens
Joseph C
JC
Knight
Alan L
AL
Light
Douglas M
DM
Tumlinson
James H
JH
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