Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) is one of the major nutritious cereals in Africa widelyrncultivated in eastern regions including Ethiopia. Sorghum chafer Pachnoda interruptarn(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) is a polyphagous insect whose adults are serious pests ofrnsorghum (Sorghum bioclor) in the fields. The damage by the sorghum chafer during thernmilky stage of the seed contributed to low production of sorghum in many regions ofrnEthiopia. The adult beetle uses visual and olfactory cues (specific blends of compounds)rnin their search for food sources, mate selection, and oviposition sites. The present studyrnfocused on evaluation of the attractiveness of lures and catch performance of locallyrndesigned cheap traps in P. interrupta field management strategies in naturally infestedrnregions of northeastern Ethiopia. Optimal and constant release rates of previouslyrnidentified volatile compounds phenylacetaldehyde, 2,3-butanediol, methyl salicylate,rneugenol, isoamyl acetate were determined from dispensers in the laboratory. Fieldrnexperiments testing the efficacy of different single- and multi-component baits andrndifferent types of traps were conducted in close collaboration with farmers. Variousrnblends/single compounds and the natural attractant banana fruit were tested in both thernmating season in July and the feeding season for newly emerged adults in October.rnDifferent locally affordable trap designs were evaluated and compared with thernpreviously proven efficacy of a commercial Japanese beetle trap. In addition, novelrnattractant blends were also tested in the field. These blends were synthetic replicas ofrnodors from overripe banana fruit and fermentation volatiles identified by solid-phasernmicro extraction combined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis in thernlaboratory. After a two-choice behavioral bioassay, the promising component blendsrntested in the laboratory were evaluated in the mating and feeding seasons in 2013. Thernivrnresults of the beetle catch revealed that traps baited with the multiple-dispenser blend ofrnthe five compounds, and the mixture of the five compounds formulated in one dispenser,rnwere the best lures. It was also demonstrated that the longevity of the lure in the fieldrncoincided with the flying period of P. interrupta during the mating and feeding seasons.rnAmong the field tested trap designs, four locally affordable cheap traps were found to bernas efficient as the commercially produced Japanese beetle trap in trapping P. interrupta .rnAmong the blends from volatile chemicals released from overripe banana andrnfermentation volatiles, a blend of eleven compounds was proven effective in behavioralrnresponses both in the laboratory choice bioassay and the P. interrupta trapping in thernfield. This indicates that the compounds identified are behaviorally relevant and can bernused as potential candidates for further field tests. In conclusion, the work has producedrnboth efficient and cheap local traps baited with best attractant compounds blend.