Current trends in attractant research and their application technologies for monitoring harmful lepidopterans
https://doi.org/10.32634/0869-8155-2025-400-11-122-130
Abstract
The paper presents an overview of current trends in research and technologies for the use of synthetic sex attractants (SSA) for monitoring phytophages using lepidopteran pests in an orchard as an example. Based on the analysis of scientific publications by domestic and foreign researchers, the high significance and improvement of the use of pheromones for phytosanitary monitoring and is shown. The following research areas are noted: new materials and dispensers for SSA; identification of factors influencing the capture of males of target species by pheromone traps; creation of combinations of pheromones with other types of attractants; joint use of SSA with other monitoring methods; implementation of automated systems for monitoring and counting insects captured in traps. Particular attention in the review is paid to domestic developments and research in the field of creation and use of SSA carriers. Further development of the use of attractants consists in the introduction of automated pheromone monitoring using artificial intelligence systems and trap-free methods for monitoring harmful lepidoptera.
Keywords
synthetic sex attractants,
monitoring,
pheromones,
pheromone traps,
lepidopteran pests,
dispensers,
methods
Supporting agencies: The research was carried out within the framework of the State Assignment of the All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Protection No. FGEU-2025-0001 “Phytosanitary monitoring, forecasting and zoning of agrolandscapes and agroecosystems based on ecological-geographical and phylogenetic analysis, visualization and integrative taxonomy of harmful and beneficial organisms”.
About the Authors
R. S. Krokhalev
All-Russian Institute of Plant Pгoteсtion
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Roman Sergeevich Krokhalev, Graduate Student
3 Shosse Podbelskogo, Pushkin, St. Petersburg, 196608
I. Ya. Grichanov
All-Russian Institute of Plant Pгoteсtion
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Igor Yakovlevich Grichanov, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Chief Scientific Officer
3 Shosse Podbelskogo, Pushkin, St. Petersburg, 196608
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Krokhalev R.S., Grichanov I.Ya. Current trends in attractant research and their application technologies for monitoring harmful lepidopterans. Agrarian science. 2025;(11):122-130. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32634/0869-8155-2025-400-11-122-130
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