International Journal of Tropical Insect Science (2017) 37, 50-56

D.A.J. Teulon, M.M. Davidson, N.B. Perry, M.-C. Nielsen, C. Castañé, D. Bosch, J. Riudavets, R.W.H.M. van Tol and W.J. de Kogel (2017)
Methyl isonicotinate – a non-pheromone thrips semiochemical – and its potential for pest management
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 37 (2), 50-56
Abstract: Methyl isonicotinate is one of several patented 4-pyridyl carbonyl compounds being investigated for a variety of uses in thrips pest management. It is probably the most extensively studied thrips non-pheromone semiochemical, with field and glasshouse trapping experiments, and wind tunnel and Y-tube olfactometer studies in several countries demonstrating a behavioural response that results in increased trap capture of at least 12 thrips species, including the cosmopolitan virus vectors such as western flower thrips and onion thrips. Methyl isonicotinate has several of the characteristics that are required for an effective semiochemical tool and is being mainly used as a lure in combination with coloured sticky traps for enhanced monitoring of thrips in greenhouses. Research indicates that this non-pheromone semiochemical has the potential to be used for other thrips management strategies such as mass trapping, lure and kill, lure and infect, and as a behavioural synergist in conjunction with insecticides, in a range of indoor and outdoor crops.
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Database assignments for author(s): Jordi Riudavets, Melanie M. Davidson, David A.J. Teulon, Mette-Cecilie Nielsen, Rob van Tol, Cristina Castañe

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pheromones/attractants/traps

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Frankliniella occidentalis
	Thrips tabaci