A new way in the control of tea pests

The application of insect Sexual pheromone and the synomone emitted by the tea plants in the Pest control was introduced. In the application of insect sexual pheromone, the main technique is to attract the male pest of same species by using the artificially simulated sexual pheromone of the female tea pest, so to attain the purpose of forecasting and the disturbing control of tea pests. In the application of synomone liberated from tea plant,when the tea Pest damaged tea plant, the enzymes in the oral secretions of tea pest penetrated into the damaged parts of tea leaves and induced the changes in the metabolism of tea plant, thus forming the new volatile compounds. These new volatiles showed no attractiveness or weak attractive activity to tea pest, however, they showed a strong attractiveness to the natural enemies of tea pest, thus helping the natural enemies to find the sites of tea pest located according to the cues provided by these volatiles. Although the application of chemical ecology in the control of tea pests was not attained to the level of productive application, however, it showed a qlorious prospects in the future.