Download or read book Handbook of Insect Pheromones and Sex Attractants written by Marion S. Mayer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 1827 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on chemicals that effect aggregation for mating and elicit sexual behavior in insects, mites, and ticks, mainly on "sex pheromonal" or "mating" activity. These pheromones are useful to both agriculture science and industry because of their potential as detection and control agents.