Homopteran pests like Bemisia tabaci are living in some sort of social life. Adults of this pest generally congregate in groups on plant leaves. Earlier studies also proved that B. tabaci can migrate under certain conditions in large populations from one location to another. Undoubtedly, insect pheromones (e.g., aggregation pheromone etc) are involved in such behavior. So, I would like to see if there are any efforts devoted to this aspect which might help in the management of this serious worldwide pest through pheromone traps. Is that possible?
Existen estudios con Kairomonas y apneumonas. En nuestra experiencia hay también algunos solventes de uso comúnen la industria automotriz que se asperjan a trampas amarillas donde se ve que se provoca una mayor atracción de adultos de Bemisia dentro de los invernaderos.
I agree with Paul, pheromones may not be relevant to control whiteflies. I think the best bet would be combine plant volatiles with visual cues to repel them from your crop, and attract them to sticky traps or some other kind of trap
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