The potential for monitoring and control of insect pests in Southern Hemisphere forestry plantations using semiochemicals |
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Authors: | Ryan L. Nadel Michael J. Wingfield Mary C. Scholes Simon A. Lawson Bernard Slippers |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa 2. Institute for Commercial Forestry Research (ICFR), P.O. Box 100281, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, 3209, South Africa 3. School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits, 2050, South Africa 4. Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation and University of the Sunshine Coast, Ecosciences Precinct, GPO Box 267, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia
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Abstract: | Context Southern Hemisphere plantation forestry has grown substantially over the past few decades and will play an increasing role in fibre production and carbon sequestration in future. The sustainability of these plantations is, however, increasingly under pressure from introduced pests. This pressure requires an urgent and matching increase in the speed and efficiency at which tools are developed to monitor and control these pests. Aim To consider the potential role of semiochemicals to address the need for more efficient pest control in Southern Hemisphere plantations, particularly by drawing from research in other parts of the world. Results Semiochemical research in forestry has grown exponentially over the last 40?years but has been almost exclusively focussed on Northern Hemisphere forests. In these forests, semiochemicals have played an important role to enhance the efficiency of integrated pest management programmes. An analysis of semiochemical research from 1970 to 2010 showed a rapid increase over time. It also indicated that pheromones have been the most extensively studied type of semiochemical in forestry, contributing to 92% of the semiochemical literature over this period, compared with research on plant kairomones. This research has led to numerous applications in detection of new invasions, monitoring population levels and spread, in addition to controlling pests by mass trapping or disrupting of aggregation and mating signals. Conclusion The value of semiochemicals as an environmentally benign and efficient approach to managing forest plantation pests in the Southern Hemisphere seems obvious. There is, however, a lack of research capacity and focus to optimally capture this opportunity. Given the pressure from increasing numbers of pests and reduced opportunities to use pesticides, there is some urgency to develop semiochemical research capacity. |
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