The use of pesticides and insecticides to suppress the insect pest leads to environmental problems along with the development of resistance in insects. As a result, more efficient and sustainable approaches have been gaining importance worldwide. One such approach is the incorporation of semio chemicals in Integrated pest management strategies. Semio chemical interaction are found to be more eco-friendly, efficient which involves inter as well as intraspecific interactions with the pests. Pheromones are the chemical substances that involves in intraspecific communication and allelochemicals are in interspecific communications. These semio chemicals are found to be useful with techniques like push-pull, mating disruption and mass trapping. This chapter explains the basic types of semio chemical interactions along with the strategies and some future directions in pest control.
Artificial intelligence, CRISPR-Cas9, GIS, Mass trapping, Mating disruption, Pheromones
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