Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening

Managing Arthropod Pests

Unit 1.8 | 17

h) netting

i) hand picking

j) Reflective mulches

k) Petroleum oil barriers

5. Pheromones/chemical lures

a) Pheromones defined: The chemical sex attractant used by many insect species to draw
mates

b) Trapping out: The use of pheromone traps to trap and kill

c) Mating disruption: The timed mass release of synthetic pheromones with the mating
times of agricultural pests resulting in the inability of mating pairs to form

Students’ Lecture 1 Outline