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Insect pheromones

Chemical signals insects use to communicate, including the sex pheromones that attract mates and are used in traps and mating-disruption pest control.

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Modelled odour receptors lead INRAE to the lily moth's sex pheromone

INRAE-led researchers modelled two lily moth odour receptors with AI and used them to find the species' previously unknown sex pheromone. The route could speed pheromone work on little-studied pests, though confirming the hit still took live moths.

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