Nanomaze Lure: Pheromone Sandwich in Graphene Oxide Interlayers for Sustainable Targeted Pest Control
| Autor: | Ritika Gupta, Momin Ahamed, N. Bakthavatsalam, Eswaramoorthy Muthusamy, Seema Sharma, Markandeya Gorantla, Nitin Kumar Singhal, Vijayakumar Shanmugam, Kesavan Subaharan, Mahima Chandel, Kamaljit Kaur, Vinay Kumar Thirumalahatti Munikrishnappa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Integrated pest management Materials science biology business.industry Pest control Nanotechnology Acetates Moths Pheromone trap biology.organism_classification Insect Control Environmentally friendly Pheromones Nanocomposites Delayed-Action Preparations Sex pheromone Animals Pheromone Graphite General Materials Science Tuta absoluta PEST analysis Fatty Alcohols business |
| Zdroj: | ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13:48349-48357 |
| ISSN: | 1944-8252 1944-8244 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acsami.1c09118 |
| Popis: | The indiscriminate use of pesticides leads to irreparable damage to the ecosystem, which motivates for sustainable alternatives like pheromone-assisted pest management. The tomato pinworm Tuta absoluta is a major threat to tomato cultivation. Moreover, its green management technology uses a pheromone trap that has a short field life. To overcome this problem, a pheromone composite with graphene oxide (GO) and amine-modified graphene oxide (AGO) that can extend the diffusion path has been developed. The composite stimulates an effective electrophysiological response in the antenna, which results in trapping of a significantly higher number of insects as compared to the commercial septa, thus qualifying it for field evaluation. Compared to AGO, the GO composite has pheromones assembled into a multilayer, which increases the pheromone diffusion path. This in turn resulted in the extension of the pheromone life that proportionally increased the pest trapped. This technique will be beneficial to farmers as they have longer field efficacy to keep the pest damage low in an environmentally friendly manner. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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