Abstract
Mating disruption or ‘attract and kill’ approach provides an excellent source for suppression of major lepidopterans’ pest in agriculture field. Important success to date in pest management through mating disruption recorded to oriental fruit moth in peaches, pink boll worm, codling moth in pome fruit and pyralid moth in stored grain pest. Pheromonal formulations are efficient, non–toxic and species–specific that makes this technique different with conventional and synthetic insecticides which have adverse effects on environment and non–specific organisms as well. Large scale implementation of this technique resulted in significant reduction in pesticides use while maintaining acceptably low–crop damage level. Because of some problem like instant and mass control to pests with rich populations, these approaches should not be seen as stand–alone strategies but rather as one new and alternative plan within a suite of integrated pest management options.
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