The lure of hidden death: volatile organic compounds to attract wireworms towards entomopathogenic nematodes

Abstract

Trabajo presentado en el 35th Meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology, celebrado en Georgia (Estados Unidos), del 2 al 7 de junio de 2019Wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) ae) are common polyphagous soil pests. One strategy to control these pest insects could be an attract-and-kill system combining volatile organic compounds (VOCs), as attractants, and entomopathogenic nematodes as biocontrol agents