Semiochemicals in Pest Management Quiz
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What are semiochemicals?

  • Chemicals used in pest management
  • Chemicals found in food sources
  • Chemicals that repel insects
  • Chemicals emitted by living organisms that induce a behavioral or physiological response in other individuals (correct)
  • What do insects use semiochemicals for?

  • To communicate with other species
  • To locate a mate, a host, and a food source, avoid competition, escape natural enemies, and overcome their hosts' natural defense systems (correct)
  • To camouflage themselves
  • To repel other insects
  • What are pheromones?

  • Chemicals used for camouflage
  • Chemicals that mediate interaction between individuals within the species or intraspecific interactions (correct)
  • Chemicals found in food sources
  • Chemicals that repel insects
  • What do female insects generally produce pheromones for?

    <p>To attract males of the same species for mating</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are aggregation pheromones?

    <p>Semiochemicals to attract members of the same species after locating a source of food or mating site</p> Signup and view all the answers

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