| Applications of acoustics in insect pests’ identification and control |
| Paper ID : 1112-NICAME1402 |
| Authors: |
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Ali Reshadsedghi * Agricultural engineering research department , East
Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center |
| Abstract: |
| Indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides to control plant pests causes soil, air and surface and underground water pollution; as a result, it harms non-target species and humans. The public has always supported non-chemical pest control methods including physical, biological, genetic control and integrated pest management methods to reduce pollution caused by the use of chemical pesticides. Among the physical control methods is the use of acoustic electronic devices (sound or ultra-sound) that act as electrical repellents, mating disruptors, and scares or electronic pesticides. Scientists have identified and classified different types of insects by modeling the bioacoustics signals that insects produce to establish sexual relations with each other or to escape from predators. In addition, by emitting the artificial sound of insects, it disrupts the act of mating or attracts the opposite sex and traps them, and they use this method to reduce the population of pests. Research has shown that the sound control method can be used as an effective and low-cost supplement for chemical pest control. In this text, several cases of sound control studies of pest insects in the last two decades have been discussed. |
| Keywords: |
| Bioacoustics, Non-chemical pest control, Sound, Ultrasound. |
| Status : Paper Accepted (Poster Presentation) |
