Development of microencapsulated sex pheromone formulations for insects
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Key Words:insect, sex pheromone, microcapsule, mating disruption, methods of microencapsulation, application
Abstract:Microencapsulated formulation is one type of the main formulating synthetic sex pheromones for application to large areas in the control of insect populations. Two main commercially available methods that have been used to microencapsulate insect sex pheromones are summarized. Some published results of the use of microencapsulated insect sex pheromone formulations in mating disruption are also included. In addition, the influence factors and the future researches are discussed.