print email comment close Insect Pheromones: Mastering Communication to Control Pests URL: http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/content/view.article.asp?a=2702 Description: This publication explores research to develop pest control methods based on pheromones, chemicals "secreted by an animal, often an insect, that influence the behavior or development of other members of the same species." Includes images, a timeline of the study of insect pheromones back to 1870, glossary, and links to related research. From Beyond Discovery, a publication series from the National Academy of Sciences. Publisher: National Academy of Sciences Extra Keywords entomology Library of Congress Subject Headings: Insects Pests -- Control Pheromones LII Database Information: Record 21523 created by Jennifer English on 05/15/2006 Last modification on 05/16/2006 Published: 05/18/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21523