Taste and olfaction targeted inhibitors for control of insect pests

害虫，如白菜环虫或云杉芽虫（两种蛾），分别对作物和森林造成重大损害。此外，一些害虫将疾病传播给人类（如疟疾蚊子）或植物（如树皮甲虫）。控制措施包括杀虫剂处理，只有当目标种群中的大多数昆虫对杀虫剂敏感时，杀虫剂处理才有效。我们今天面临的一个主要问题是昆虫对杀虫剂的抗药性日益增强。在今后几十年里，农业和林业产品集约化生产的压力将急剧增加。除了食品、纤维、建筑材料和纸浆之外，对燃料和化学建筑材料的需求将越来越多地由来自田地、温室和森林的产品来满足。因此，迫切需要制定可持续、有效、长期的昆虫防治措施。

Insect pests, such as the cabbage looper or the spruce budworm (both moths), cause significant damage to crop and forests, respectively. Further, some pest insects transmit diseases to humans (e. g. malaria mosquitoes) or to plants (e. g. bark beetles). Control measures include insecticide treatments, which are effective only if the majority of insects in the target population are susceptible to the insecticide. A major problem we face today is the increasing resistance of insects to insecticides. Pressure for intensive production of agricultural and forestry products will increase dramatically in the coming decades. In addition to food, fibres, building materials and pulp, the demand for fuel and chemical building blocks will increasingly be satisfied by products coming from fields, greenhouses and forests. This will bring with it a pressing need to develop sustainable, effective, long-term insect control measures.