Soybean volatile compounds, soybean aphid-induced volatile compounds and
soybean aphid sex pheromones are semiochemicals of the invention used to
suppress soybean aphid population. Methyl salicylate is an embodiment of
a soybean aphid-induced volatile compound useful in the invention.
Benzaldehyde is an embodiment of a soybean host plant volatile compound
useful in the invention. Also useful as sex pheromones are nepetalactol
and nepetalactone. The compounds may be blended in a preferred
embodiment.