Publisher's Synopsis
The use of pheromones is a highly topical theme given the increasing concern for environmental safety and the need for integrated pest management and this publication provides a technocommercial review of the use of pheromones in the control of insect pests in agriculture.;It addresses the current scientific background to the subject: practical experience in the field at a scientific and commercial level, the chemical manufacture of pheromones and the socioecomonic and commercial factors in the introduction of such novel systems.;The recent progress in pest management contained in this book has been achieved by the determination of an international band of pure and applied scientists, academics and industrial researchers.
