Taste and olfaction targeted inhibitors for control of insect pests

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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.