应用昆虫信息素防治害虫是一门摹仿生物技能的研究艺术。七十年代初,许多国家都投入了相当大的力量进行田间应用试验,由于对昆虫雌雄间化学通信的许多行为细节不甚了解,致使多数防治效果不显著,甚至失败。近几年人们开始意识到信息素的天然全成份及其各组份的行为功能的重要性,许多化学家重新研究和发现昆虫信息素的完整“化学语言”; The application of insect pheromone to control pests is a research art that mimics biotech. In the early 1970s, many countries invested a considerable amount of effort in field trials. Due to the lack of understanding of many of the behavioral details of the chemical communication between insects and insects, most of the control effects were insignificant and even unsuccessful. In recent years, people are beginning to realize the importance of the behavioral functions of the natural full components of pheromones and their components. Many chemists have re-studied and discovered the complete “chemical language” of insect pheromones.