Product introduction
Sweet potato is one of very important food resources, however it is very difficult to control its pest weevils with insecticides. The female sweet potato weevils (Cylas formicarius) lay eggs under the sweet potato surface, and its larvae feed on the sweet potato pieces, causing moldy, rotten and smelly of the sweet potatoes, making them inedible.Development of the slow-releasing pheromone product could play an important role within the integrated pest management through attracting the adult males, reducing the successful mating rate of female.
Features of this product:
. Chemically synthesize the sex pheromone of the female Cylas formicarius, attracting males in neighboring areas into traps and being trapped. Sex pheromone is absolutely specific and will only attract male adults of Cylas formicarius.
. Microcapsule technology is used for coating pheromones can achieve the purpose of sustained release and make the effect more durable in the field, which can last up to 2 months.
. It is made into a paste, which is convenient and safe to use, not easy to touch the human body, and will not touch the crops when applied to the trap, and is especially suitable for organic agriculture.
. Reducing the use of chemical pesticides also reduces the amount of waste produced, which is more environmentally friendly.
. It can be used for the population of sweet potato weevil density monitoring and tracking , and then considering further control strategy in the field.
. We suggest that apply the attractant combine with specific modified funnel shape-like traps, and only requires a very small amount (0.1 g per trap) to be effective; about 2 traps in every sweet potato farmland can achieve the effect.