Harnessing Leguminosae Typical Scents for a More Effective and Eco-Friendly Pheromone Trapping of Pest.

The utilization of pheromone-based products for insect pest management has been a longstanding practice. However, mounting evidence suggests that pheromones of insect pests could also inadvertently attract natural enemies, leading to their unintentional entrapment by pheromone baits. In East Asia, pheromone traps of the bean bug capture several species of natural enemies, which reduces top-down control of the pest and could lead to failures of pest management programs.