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Optimising the colour of traps requires an insect's eye view
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William Allen
Pest Management Science, Volume: 80, Issue: 3, Pages: 931 - 934
Swansea University Author:
William Allen
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DOI (Published version): 10.1002/ps.7790
Abstract
Colour is a critical property of many traps used to control or monitor insect pests, and applied entomologists continue to devote time and effort to improving colour for greater trapping efficiency. This work has often been guided by human colour perceptions, which differ greatly from those of the p...
| Published in: | Pest Management Science |
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| ISSN: | 1526-498X 1526-4998 |
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Wiley
2024
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68843 |
| Abstract: |
Colour is a critical property of many traps used to control or monitor insect pests, and applied entomologists continue to devote time and effort to improving colour for greater trapping efficiency. This work has often been guided by human colour perceptions, which differ greatly from those of the pests being studied. As a result, trap development can be a laborious process that is heavily reliant on trial and error. However, the responses of an insect's photoreceptors to a given trap colour can be calculated using well-established procedures. Photoreceptor responses represent sensory inputs that drive insect behaviour, and if their relationship to insect attraction can be determined or hypothesised, they provide metrics that can guide the rational optimisation of trap colour. This approach has recently been used successfully in separate studies of tsetse flies and thrips, but could be applied to a wide diversity of pest insects. Here we describe this approach to facilitate its use by applied entomologists. |
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| Keywords: |
visual modelling; integrated pest management; insect control; colour preference; colour vision |
| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |
| Funders: |
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. Grant Numbers: BB/X011097/1, BB/X011763/1 |
| Issue: |
3 |
| Start Page: |
931 |
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934 |