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Light Attraction of the Indian Meal Moth, Plodia Interpunctella (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), and Regional Spectral Sensitivity of Its Compound Eye
Light attraction of the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), and regional spectral sensitivity of its compound eye by Thomas Cowan BSc Trent University 1998 THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF PEST MANAGEMENT In the Department of Biological Sciences © Thomas Cowan 2009 SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Summer 2009 All rights reserved. This work may not be reproduced in whole or in part, by photocopy or other means, without permission of the author. Approval Name: Thomas Cowan Degree: Master of Pest Management Title of Thesis: Light attraction of the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), and regional spectral sensitivity of its compound eye Examining Committee: Chair: Dr. Rolf. Mathewes Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, S.F.U. ______________________________________ Dr. G. Gries, Professor, Senior Supervisor Department of Biological Sciences, S.F.U. ______________________________________ Dr. I. Novales Flamarique, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, S.F.U. ______________________________________ Dr. G. J. R. Judd, Research Scientist, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada Public Examiner Date Defended/Approved: July_30_2009 ii Declaration of Partial Copyright Licence The author, whose copyright is declared on the title page of this work, has granted to Simon Fraser University the right to lend this thesis, project or extended essay to users of the Simon Fraser University Library, and to make partial or single copies only for such users or in response to a request from the library of any other university, or other educational institution, on its own behalf or for one of its users. -
Bulletin Number / Numéro 2 Entomological Society of Canada Société D’Entomologie Du Canada June / Juin 2008
Volume 40 Bulletin Number / numéro 2 Entomological Society of Canada Société d’entomologie du Canada June / juin 2008 Published quarterly by the Entomological Society of Canada Publication trimestrielle par la Société d’entomologie du Canada ............................................................... .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. .......................................................................... ........................................................................................................................................................................ ....................... ................................................................................. ................................................. List of contents / Table des matières Volume 40 (2), June / june 2008 Up front / Avant-propos ................................................................................................................49 Moth balls / Boules à mites .............................................................................................................51 Meeting announcements / Réunions futures ..................................................................................52 Dear Buggy / Cher Bibitte ..............................................................................................................53 -
Newsletter of the Entomological Society of British Columbia
Vol 34 (2) December 2014 December 2019 Vol. 39 (2) Newsletter of the Entomological Society of British Columbia December 2019 3 Table of Contents Table of Contents ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3 The Executive ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4 Publications of ESBC ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5 Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia ………………………………………………………. 5 Boreus ……………………………………………………………………………………………..……………………………………..5 ESBC Website …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……. 6 Facebook ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…… 6 Twitter …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6 Membership ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7 ESBC Annual General Meeting Program ….……….……………………………………………..…………………….. 8 ESBC Annual General Meeting Minutes…………………………...………………………………………………..…. 10 Graduate Student Representative Report……………………………………….…………………………………….. 10 Regional Representative to ESC……………………………………………………………………………………………….11 Boreus Editors Report ..………….…………………………………………………….……………………………………….. 12 Webmasters Report ……………………………………………………………..………………………………………………. 12 Journal Editors Report ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13 Treasures Report ……………………………….…………………………………………………..…………………….………. 14 Presidents Report ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….….….. 18 Student Winners ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….………….. 20 Grad Students Graduating ........................................................................................................ -
The National Plant Biosecurity Status Report
The National Plant Biosecurity Status Report 2014 © Plant Health Australia 2015 Disclaimer: This publication is published by Plant Health Australia for information purposes only. Information in the document is drawn from a variety of sources outside This work is copyright. Apart from any use as Plant Health Australia. Although reasonable care was taken in its preparation, Plant Health permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part Australia does not warrant the accuracy, reliability, completeness or currency of the may be reproduced by any process without prior information, or its usefulness in achieving any purpose. permission from Plant Health Australia. Given that there are continuous changes in trade patterns, pest distributions, control Requests and enquiries concerning reproduction measures and agricultural practices, this report can only provide a snapshot in time. and rights should be addressed to: Therefore, all information contained in this report has been collected for the 12 month period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, and should be validated and Communications Manager confirmed with the relevant organisations/authorities before being used. A list of Plant Health Australia contact details (including websites) is provided in the Appendices. 1/1 Phipps Close DEAKIN ACT 2600 To the fullest extent permitted by law, Plant Health Australia will not be liable for any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred in or arising by reason of any person relying on the ISSN 1838-8116 information in this publication. Readers should make and rely on their own assessment An electronic version of this report is available for and enquiries to verify the accuracy of the information provided. -
Pest Insects Infesting Carrot and Other Apiaceous Crops
FACTSHEET 01/16 Field Vegetables Dr Rosemary Collier, University of Warwick Pest insects infesting carrot and other Apiaceous crops Carrot and related Apiaceous crops such as parsnip, celeriac and celery may be infested by a relatively small number of damaging pest insect species that can reduce both quality and yield. This factsheet focuses on the pest insects infesting carrot. However, the insects described may also be pests of related crops such as parsnip, celeriac and celery. The factsheet does not cover nematodes or slugs. Figure 1. Carrot fly damage to carrot roots Action points Carrot fly • Use suction trap records to indicate when all species of pest aphid are on the wing. • Use the carrot fly forecast to indicate when adult flies of each generation are likely to emerge and when the • Monitor crops closely. application of insecticide sprays is likely to be most effective. • Use the most effective aphicide treatments available, • Check whether an insecticide spray treatment is able taking account of their effects on natural enemies and be to kill adults or larvae or both stages. To maximise the aware of potential instances of insecticide resistance. ‘knockdown’ effect of insecticide sprays that target adults, they should be applied between 4–6pm on warm days, as Cutworms this is when most female flies are in the crop. • Use pheromone traps to indicate when turnip moths are • Where possible, isolate new crops from possible sources flying and laying eggs. of infestation (older crops), ideally using a separation distance of >1km. • Use a cutworm forecast to estimate the risk of damage to susceptible crops. -
25 Host Plant Resistance and Insect Pest Management in Chickpea
25 Host Plant Resistance and Insect Pest Management in Chickpea H.C. SHARMA,1 C.L.L. GOWDA,1 P.C. STEVENSON,2 T.J. RIDSDILL-SMITH,3 S.L. CLEMENT,4 G.V. RANGA RAO,1 J. ROMEIS,5 M. MILES6 AND M. EL BOUHSSINI7 1Genetics Resources Divisions, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Asia Center, Hyderabad 502324, India; 2Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham, ME4 4TB, UK and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK; 3CSIRO Entomology, Private Bag No 5, Wembley, WA 6913, Australia; 4USDA-ARS, 59 Johnson Hall, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6402, USA; 5Agroscope ART Reckenholz Tänikon, Reckenholzstr, 191, 8046 Zurich, Switzerland; 6Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, 203 Tor Street, PO Box 102, Toowoomba, Queensland 4350, Australia; 7International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria Insect Pest Problems in Chickpea Chickpea (C. arietinum L.) is the third most important legume crop in the world, after dry beans and peas (FAO, 2003). It is cultivated in 42 countries in South Asia, North and Central America, the Mediterranean region, West Asia and North and East Africa. In recent years, it has become an important crop in Australia, Canada and the USA. Nearly 60 insect species are known to feed on chickpea (Reed et al., 1987) (Table 25.1). The important insect pests damaging chickpea in different regions are: ● Wireworms: false wireworm – Gonocephalum spp.; ● Cutworm: black cutworm – A. ipsilon (Hfn.) and turnip moth – A. segetum Schiff.; ● Termite: Microtermes obesi (Holm.) and Odontotermes sp.; ● Leaf-feeding caterpillars: cabbage looper – Trichoplusia ni (Hub.), leaf caterpillar – S. -
Biosecurity Risk Assessment
An Invasive Risk Assessment Framework for New Animal and Plant-based Production Industries RIRDC Publication No. 11/141 RIRDCInnovation for rural Australia An Invasive Risk Assessment Framework for New Animal and Plant-based Production Industries by Dr Robert C Keogh February 2012 RIRDC Publication No. 11/141 RIRDC Project No. PRJ-007347 © 2012 Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. All rights reserved. ISBN 978-1-74254-320-8 ISSN 1440-6845 An Invasive Risk Assessment Framework for New Animal and Plant-based Production Industries Publication No. 11/141 Project No. PRJ-007347 The information contained in this publication is intended for general use to assist public knowledge and discussion and to help improve the development of sustainable regions. You must not rely on any information contained in this publication without taking specialist advice relevant to your particular circumstances. While reasonable care has been taken in preparing this publication to ensure that information is true and correct, the Commonwealth of Australia gives no assurance as to the accuracy of any information in this publication. The Commonwealth of Australia, the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC), the authors or contributors expressly disclaim, to the maximum extent permitted by law, all responsibility and liability to any person, arising directly or indirectly from any act or omission, or for any consequences of any such act or omission, made in reliance on the contents of this publication, whether or not caused by any negligence on the part of the Commonwealth of Australia, RIRDC, the authors or contributors. The Commonwealth of Australia does not necessarily endorse the views in this publication. -
Molecular-Assisted Pollen Grain Analysis Reveals Spatiotemporal Origin of Long-Distance Migrants of a Noctuid Moth
International Journal of Molecular Sciences Article Molecular-Assisted Pollen Grain Analysis Reveals Spatiotemporal Origin of Long-Distance Migrants of a Noctuid Moth Hong Chang 1,2, Jianglong Guo 3, Xiaowei Fu 4, Yongqiang Liu 2, Kris A. G. Wyckhuys 2, Youming Hou 1,* and Kongming Wu 2,* ID 1 State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops and Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; [email protected] 2 State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; [email protected] (Y.L.); [email protected] (K.A.G.W.) 3 College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China; [email protected] 4 Department of Plant Protection, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453003, China; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] (Y.H.); [email protected] (K.W.); Tel.: +86-10-8210-5551 (K.W.) Received: 18 January 2018; Accepted: 8 February 2018; Published: 13 February 2018 Abstract: Pollen grains are regularly used as markers to determine an insect’s movement patterns or host (plant) feeding behavior, yet conventional morphology-based pollen grain analysis (or palynology) encounters a number of important limitations. In the present study, we combine conventional analytical approaches with DNA meta-barcoding to identify pollen grains attached to migrating adults of the turnip moth, Agrotis segetum (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Northeast China. More specifically, pollen grains were dislodged from 2566 A. segetum long-distance migrants captured on Beihuang Island (Bohai Sea) and identified to many (plant) species level. -
Turnip Moth, Agrotis Segetum WENQI WU, SYLVIA ANTON, CHRISTER LOFSTEDT, and BILL S
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA Vol. 93, pp. 8022-8027, July 1996 Neurobiology Discrimination among pheromone component blends by interneurons in male antennal lobes of two populations of the turnip moth, Agrotis segetum WENQI WU, SYLVIA ANTON, CHRISTER LOFSTEDT, AND BILL S. HANSSON* Department of Ecology, Lund University, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden Communicated by Wendell Roelofs, Cornell University, Geneva, NY, March 22, 1996 (received for review November 21, 1995) ABSTRACT A difference in female pheromone produc- for gaining further insight into how information concerning tion and male behavioral response has previously been found different inter- and intra-populational blends is processed and in two populations of the turnip moth, Agrotis segetum, orig- integrated in the AL. In the present comparative study, we inating from Sweden and Zimbabwe, respectively. In this examined deutocerebral neurons of the two turnip moth study, we investigated the pheromone response of antennal populations, stimulating them with four single pheromone lobe interneurons of males of the two populations by intra- components, one behavioral antagonist [(Z)-5-decenol (Z5- cellular recordings, stimulating with single pheromone com- 10:0H)], and mixtures with various combinations of the four ponents and various inter- and intra-populational pheromone components. blends. Three major physiological types of antennal lobe neurons were established in the two populations according to their responses to different stimuli. One type responded MATERIALS AND METHODS broadly to almost all the stimuli tested. The second type Preparation. The Zimbabwean turnip moth culture was responded selectively to some of the single components and established in our laboratory from pupae shipped from Zim- blends. -
Pests of Swedes and Turnips ^ Their Management and Control
Pests of Swedes and Turnips ^ Their management and control Technical Note Summary T551 ı Insecticide options are being reduced for pest control in swedes and turnips ISBN 1 85481 789 8 ı Adoption of mesh covers significantly aids protection against some pests July 2003 ı Cabbage root fly is the major pest of crops in Scotland Introduction The review of anti-cholinesterase pesticides (mainly organophosphate insecticides) initiated by the government in 1998 has led to the withdrawal of 17 insecticides, the majority of which were used on UK horticultural crops. A further 21 insecticides (some of which are used on UK horticultural crops) are currently under review within the EU, and are under threat of withdrawal due to human health and/or environmental reasons. Until a specific off- label approval (SOLA) was granted for the use of chlorfenvinphos on swedes and turnips until December 2003, the UK crop would have had no Fig. 2. Damage to swede by second generation cabbage root fly larvae ^ one larva in situ insecticides available for the control of cabbage root fly in 2002/2003. The pest overwinters in the soil as pupae at the site of a previous brassica crop, oilseed rape or where Consequently, management of insect pests of field brassica weeds were prevalent. The flies emerge vegetable brassicas, especially those of shopping from the pupa in early-mid May. The flies resemble swedes and turnips has changed significantly in small houseflies, are 5^7 mm long, grey-black in response to the reduction in available insecticides. colour and after emergence initially mate and feed The pests and their management have been brought on nectar from wild flowers in hedgerows before up to date in this technical note. -
Pesticulars (Spring 2008)
Why join the Professional Pest Management Association of B.C.? Consider the member benefits • Admission to the Annual General meeting and a copy of the proceedings. The AGM has gained a reputation for strong agendas and interesting speakers • An established means for communication amongst your professional peers • Collective voice for advocating the pest management approaches you believe in: see our mission statement • Your copy of Pesticulars the popular PPMA newsletter, published twice a year, including the AGM proceedings • A facility to shop your resume in case you are looking for employment • A venue for students to talk about their research • And … the lowest membership fee for any professional organization … on the planet www.sfu.ca/~ppmabc Past President’s Message The student presentations at the AGM were excellent. Robert McGregor Our congratulations go to all the students who Pest management is clearly alive and well in BC. The presented at the meeting and especially to the winners PPMABC annual general meeting this past February of our student awards, Eric Siljander and Jerry provided substantial evidence of this. Our AGM Ericsson. returned this year to the Halpern Center at SFU and the membership provided an excellent program of Congratulations also go to Dave Raworth and Gerhard talks. Gries the recipients of our Lifetime Achievement and Phero Tech awards. Best wishes to Presentations were made on Dave on his retirement from Agriculture numerous issues in pest and Agri-Food Canada and good luck to management. These spanned topics Gerhard in future endeavours. as diverse as swimmer’s itch and cranberry dieback disease (see the Finally, I would like to encourage all pest meeting abstracts in this issue of management professionals to participate Pesticulars). -
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2019 1089 Willamette Falls Drive, West Linn, OR 97068 | tel: +1 (503) 342 - 8611 | fax: +1 (314) 271-7297 [email protected] | www.alphascents.com | Our Story The story of Alpha Scents, Inc. begins with president and founder, Dr. Darek Czokajlo. When speaking about entomolo- gy, he will laugh and say the interest began “in the womb.” Driven by his passion for science and technology, he strives for eco- nomic security, which can be largely attributed to his upbringing in communist Poland. How do you become economically stable according to Darek? By building a company that is customer focused: embracing honesty, respect, trust and support, the rest are details. When discussing what characteristics Alpha Scents, Inc. reflects, it’s clear that the vision for the company is shaped by a desire to be loyal to all stakeholders, including customers, vendors, and his employees. Since childhood, Darek was involved with biology clubs and interest groups, fueling his passion for the sciences and leading him to study forestry and entomology during his undergraduate and master’s studies. In 1985 he started studying and experimenting with insect traps, in particular bark beetle traps baited with ethanol lures. This is how Darek started honing his speciali- zation and began asking the intriguing question of, “How could we use scents to manage insects?” In 1989, right before the fall of Communism, Darek emi- grated to Canada and in 1993 started his PhD program in the field of Insect Chemical Ecology in Syracuse, New York. After his graduation in 1998, one of his professors recommended Darek to a company in Portland, Oregon.