申请人:SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
公开号:EP1075791A1
公开(公告)日:2001-02-14
The present invention provides a mating disruption method for the control of insect pests by means of a sex pheromone which can maintain the sex pheromone concentration in the air surrounding a group of plants at a high level for a long period of time while controlling the release rate of the sex pheromone from dispensers at an economical level, and can hence produce a more powerful mating-disrupting effect by use of a given amount of the sex pheromone. Specifically, using dispensers, a sex pheromone is released in a field sprinkled with water so that the soil has a water content of 20 to 100% during the breeding period of insect pests. Thus, the sex pheromone is prevented from being adsorbed to the soil and, as a result, the sex pheromone concentration in the air can be maintained at a high level for a long period of time. Alternatively, a sex pheromone is released in an open field where the surface of the soil is covered with a covering material that is less apt to adsorb sex pheromones than the surface of the soil, or in a house field where the surface of the soil and all or part of the inner surface of the house are covered with a covering material that is less apt to adsorb sex pheromones than the surface of the soil. Thus, the sex pheromone is prevented from being adsorbed to the soil and, as a result, the sex pheromone concentration in the air can be maintained at a high level for a long period of time.
本发明提供了一种利用性信息素防治害虫的交配干扰方法,该方法可以将植物群周围空气中的性信息素浓度长期保持在较高水平,同时将分配器释放性信息素的速度控制在经济水平,因此使用一定量的性信息素可以产生更强的交配干扰效果。具体来说,在害虫繁殖期,使用分配器在洒水的田地里释放性信息素,使土壤含水量达到 20%至 100%。这样,性信息素就不会被土壤吸附,因此,空气中的性信息素浓度可以长期保持在较高水平。或者,在露天田地里释放性信息素,土壤表面覆盖着比土壤表面更不容易吸附性信息素的覆盖材料,或者在房屋田地里释放性信息素,土壤表面和房屋的全部或部分内表面覆盖着比土壤表面更不容易吸附性信息素的覆盖材料。这样,性信息素就不会被土壤吸附,从而使空气中的性信息素浓度长期保持在较高水平。