This set of LBAM mating disruption aerial applications done by the government has created tremendous dissent of the public in general as well as of several sectors of the scientific community.
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Four different sex hormones have been identified and isolated from the female moth " O . arenosella ", and could potentially be useful in mass trappings, or mating disruption.
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Mating Disruption has been successfully and safely used to manage gypsy moth in a number of Eastern US states stretching from Wisconsin to North Carolina under the federal Slow the Spread ( STS ) program.
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The California Department of Pesticide Regulation, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency consider mating disruption to be among the most environmentally friendly treatments used to eradicate pest infestations.
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Because mating disruption uses an insect s nature identical sex pheromone to disrupt their mating, mating disruption products are species-specific and do not impact other organisms and beneficial insects such as natural predators and pollinators.
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Because mating disruption uses an insect s nature identical sex pheromone to disrupt their mating, mating disruption products are species-specific and do not impact other organisms and beneficial insects such as natural predators and pollinators.
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Every year hundreds of thousands of acres are aerially sprayed with two pheromone Gypsy moth pheromone mating disruption formulations, Flakes and SPLAT . A single mating disruption formulation application promotes season-long suppression of gypsy moth in the treated areas.
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Every year hundreds of thousands of acres are aerially sprayed with two pheromone Gypsy moth pheromone mating disruption formulations, Flakes and SPLAT . A single mating disruption formulation application promotes season-long suppression of gypsy moth in the treated areas.
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The mechanism by which mating disruption affects males is poorly understood; it may increase the time required for males to find females, thus reducing fecundity, or it may simply mask the position of females to searching males, reducing mating substantially.
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The general effect of mating disruption is to confuse the male insects by masking the natural pheromone plumes, causing the males to follow false pheromone trails at the expense of finding mates, and affecting the males ability to respond to calling " females.
