ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PHEROMONES

Section: Articles Published Date: 2024-05-17 Pages: 20-24 Views: 0 Downloads: 0

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This article reveals the essence of the concept of "pheromones" and their biological significance. In the article variants of their application in agriculture for struggle against insects-pests are presented. The definition of term and classification of pheromones and their types are given: feromons of insects, feromons of fish, feromons of vertebrates, feromons of humans, fermons of plants, sexual feromons, anxiety feromons, trace feromons, epidemic feromons and their functions and significance for the representative's organism and the environment as a whole.

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Chemical ambivalence, pheromone, volatile chemosignals