A push–pull strategy for controlling the tea green leafhopper (<i><scp>Empoasca</scp> flavescens</i> F.) using semiochemicals from <i><scp>Tagetes</scp> erecta</i> and <i><scp>Flemingia</scp> macrophylla</i>

Abstract

Application of the push-pull strategy using both synthetic repellent and attractant, or intercropping T. erecta and F. macrophylla with tea plants, can effectively reduce the leafhopper population. This approach might have great potential as an environmentally safe control strategy against the leafhopper. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry.