Ecological Risk and Security Research

Natural pesticides and pheromones for natural pest control in sustainable agriculture

Thiago SimonatoMozer

Department of Industrial Management, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil

DOI: https://doi.org/10.59429/ersr.v1i1.47

Keywords: pheromone, sustainable agriculture, natural pesticides, sexual confusion, mass collection.

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Abstract

The use of synthetic pheromones and natural pesticides has proven to be a viable alternative to the use of pesticides. The pest control technique using pheromones consists of interfering with the reproduction of insects through sexual confusion or attracting them to a trap through mass collection.

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