Combinations of several insecticides used for integrated control of Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata, Say., Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say.) (CPB) is the main potato pest in Croatia. The main problems in CPB control are related to a number of treatments and resistance development. In order to investigate the efficacy of combinations a reduced dose of spinosad (33% of the full doses) with the reduced doses (33% of full doses) of B.t.t., neem and pyrethrin against CPB larvae, 3-year field trials and one laboratory trial were conducted. Joint actions of the insecticides in combinations were analyzed. The CPB attack on experimental fields in all 3 years of investigation was high to moderate. In 2001 the maximum number of larvae on untreated plots was 11.7 larvae per plant, while in 2002 and 2003 it was lower, 5.5 and 6.1 larvae/plant, respectively. The efficacy obtained with a full dose of B.t.t. reached 75% in the field, and 78% in the laboratory trial. The residual efficacy of a full dose of B.t.t. lasted 7–10 days. The application of both, full and reduced doses of B.t.t., did not result in a significant yield increase. The results indicate that only one treatment with B.t.t. insecticide alone is not enough for efficient protection of potato against the attack of CPB larvae. The application of neem resulted in an efficacy of between 54 and 87.9%. The residual activity of neem was too short to ensure significant yield increase in 2 out of 3 years of the investigation. The application of a full dose of pyrethrin ensured an efficacy of between 86 and 89% with residual activity of 7–10 days. Only in the trial in 2003 significant yield increase (40% higher than untreated control) after the application of a full dose of pyrethin was recorded. The application of both, full and reduced doses of spinosad resulted in very high efficacy (over 90%), with residual activity between 10 and 20 days. The application of spinosad resulted in a significant yield increase in 2003, both in full and reduced doses, and in 2001 in the full dose (the reduced dose was not tested alone in 2001). High efficacy of the reduced dose of spinosad indicated its high biological activity and possibility for the reduction of the recommended dose. However, applications of combinations of insecticides in reduced doses (spinosad with B.t.t., neem and pyrethrin) resulted in efficacies of over 97% with residual activity of up to 21 days. Significant yield increase was noted after the application of the combinations of spinosad with B.t.t. and pyrethrin. The results of the laboratory trial confirmed the results of field trials. The joint action of insecticides was mainly described as independent synergism. It can be concluded that applied combinations are suitable in IPM in potato.     

Eine neue Virose beim Schwammspinner,Lymantria dispar L. (Lep., Lymantriidae)

A new virosis in caterpillars of Lymantria dispar L. (Lep., Lymantriidae) Caterpillars ofL. dispar found in the Apennin-mountains near Genua, Italy, showed a new virosis in a low percentage. The pathogen is characterized by the enormous dimensions (max. 20 ) and the cubic form of the polyhedra. It causes a nuclear hypertrophie particularly within the haemocytes,     

舞毒蛾不同地理种群基于AFLP分子标记的遗传分析

舞毒蛾是一种食性很广、危害很大的世界性林木害虫,根据其地理分布和生活特性,现在被分为亚洲型和欧洲型2种。对来自俄罗斯远东地区、蒙古、日本、美国和中国5个地理种群,共26份舞毒蛾样品进行AFLP分子标记研究。成功建立并优化舞毒蛾AFLP分析体系,从16对引物组合中筛选出3对扩增条带多、多态检出率高的荧光标记引物组合,利用CEQ-8000遗传分析仪进行毛细管电泳及数据分析,共检测到507个多态性位点。通过PAUP软件对AFLP数据进行UPGM和NJ树的聚类分析以及遗传距离分析,结果表明:5个地理种群舞毒蛾明显分成欧洲型(美国种群)和亚洲型,其中亚洲型又可分成俄罗斯、日本、中国及蒙古3个类群。美国种群间遗传变异比其他种群较大,中国种群与美国种群遗传距离最大,而与蒙古种群遗传分化最小。从分子水平上研究舞毒蛾不同种群的遗传分类情况,揭示利用AFLP分子标记技术可以区分舞毒蛾不同地理种群的基因型,为研究舞毒蛾的起源、入侵与扩散、遗传与变异以及检疫措施的制定等方面提供科学依据。     

Einige Eigenschaften des weiblichen Sexualpheromons des KartoffelkäfersLeptinotarsa decemlineata Say. (Col. Chrysomelidae)

The female sex pheromone ofL. decemlineata is an aphrodisiacum, switching on mating behaviour in contacting males. A biotest is described to estimate quantitatively the exciting power of a subject (female, isolated elytrae, glass dummy coated with extract) to males. The pheromone is present only in fertile females, also in freshly killed ones. It can be extracted by organic solvents. A dummy imitating a beetle's abdomen and contaminated with the residue of a female s wash solution is exciting to males too. Suitable solvents are ethylalcohol, acetonet, hexane. By this, the pheromone of 0,1 female is detectable. The residue can be taken up again with the same or an other solvent. The solution can be stored at ?18°C without significant losses, but at temperatures>+5°C their efficacy diminishes during 2 weeks. The exciting efficacy of the dry residue desreases to about 50% during nearly 4 weeks (at+22°C) or 9 weeks (at+5°C). The pheromone resists heating to about+160°C and is destroyed at higher temperatures.     

Über die natürlichen Krankheiten des Schwammspinners,Lymantria dispar L. (Lep., Lymantriidae) in Sardinien,Italien

Caterpillars ofL. dispar collected 1976 and 1977 during an outbreak of the pest in Sardinia, Italy were infected by a microsporidiosis,Nosema lymantriae Weiser and a virosis (polyhedrosis). In 1976 no mixed infection took place.Nosema caused 14%, the polyhedrosis 3.1% mortality. In 1977 the mortality amounted to 72.5% consisting of 60% microsporidiosis, 5.5% virosis and 7.0% mixed infection. So the microsporidiosis dominated opposite to other reports.     

Life circle and bionomics of Lymantria dispar L.

Studymethods10IntheMayof1997,theoverwinteredeggsofLymantriadisparwerecollectedinfield,immersedinformalin,anddriedincoolplace.Theeggsweredividedinto4groupswith500eggsineachgroup,putinglassbottles.Theratesofhatchingprogresswereinvestigatedeveryday(LanandWan1996;Zhang1988).Afterhatching,thefirst,secondandthirdinstarlarvaewereraisedwiththeneedlesoflarchinglassbottles.Thelarvaeolderthanthethirdinstarwereraisedoutdooringauzecagesinwhichthebranchesoflarchwereprovided.Thelarvaedevelopedintonextinst…     

Überwachung der Nonne,Lymantria monacha L. (Lepidoptera,Lymantriidae) in den Walliser Alpen mit Hilfe von Disparlure

Results of experiments covering a period of 3 years and using 27 traps in 1974 and 51 traps in 1975–76 on 8 sites situated at an altitude of 1,100 to 1,500 m a.s.l. are presented. During this period the following amount of males were captured: 813 in 1974, 1,524 in 1975 and 1,474 in 1976. From the gathered data it is concluded that even the very low population density during the time of latency shows variations from one site to the other, as well as fluctuations.     

Über die Wirkung zweier Virusstämme auf Raupen und Puppen des Schwammspinners,Lymantria dispar L. (Lep., Lymantriidae)

Zusammenfassung Die Wirkung zweier Virusstämme (NPV), die sich in Form und Größe ihrer Polyeder unterscheiden, wurde bei Raupen und Puppen des Schwammspinners(L. dispar) untersucht. Es zeigte sich, daß der Virusstamm mit kubischen Einschließungskörpern eine deutlich höhere Virulenz besitzt als das Virus mit sphärischen Polyedern.Bezüglich der Übertragungsweise von Generation zu Generation konnte bei beiden untersuchen Virusstämmen kein Unterschied festgestellt werden.

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The effect of two different virus strains on the larvae and pupae of the Gipsy Moth,Lymantria dispar L. (Lep., Lymantriidae)

The effect of two virus strains (NVP), which are different relative to the shape and size of their polyhedra, was tested on larvae and pupae of the Gypsy Moth(L. dispar). It was shown that a virus strain with cuboidal inclusion bodies was much more virulent than a strain with spherical polyhedra. No difference was observed in the mode of trans-ovum transmission of the two investigated virus strains.

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Efficacy of endosulfan and fipronil and joint toxic action of endosulfan mixtures against Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)

The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata [Say]) in the north Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in China has evolved resistance to pyrethroids and carbamates. Mutations resulting in target site insensitivity, namely L1014F in LdVssc1 voltage-sensitive sodium channel and S291G in acetylcholine esterase, confer, at least partially, the resistance. Insecticides with different modes of action may serve as likely replacements. Endosulfan and fipronil are GABA-gated chloride channel-blocking insecticides. In this article, we found that the contact toxicities of the two compounds were among the highest ever estimated to the 4th-instar larvae and the adults and affirmed that they were useful for L. decemlineata control in north Xinjiang. Regarding stomach toxicities of the two compounds, adult beetles were less sensitive than 2nd-, 3rd-, and 4th-instar larvae, suggesting that the appropriate timing for spraying is the early larval stage. Mixtures of endosulfan and α-cypermethrin at 1:160, 1:80, and 1:40 ratios, of endosulfan and phoxim at 1:24 ratio, and of endosulfan and isocarbophos at 1:72 and 1:288 ratios, significantly increased toxicity in a field population. The combination indices were significantly below 1 at both LD₅₀ and LD₉₀ levels, revealing synergistic effects. Our results demonstrated that endosulfan and fipronil could be applied alone and endosulfan may also be used in binary mixtures to restore pyrethroid susceptibility. These findings may have considerable practical implications for L. decemlineata resistance management.     

模毒蛾性信息素应用技术研究

模毒蛾Lymantria monacha是内蒙古大兴安岭林区重大森林害虫。通过对模毒蛾性信息素诱捕器应用技术的研究显示:不同类型的诱捕器诱虫效果不同,圆筒型和船型诱捕器的诱捕效果较好,方形的较差;诱捕器设置高度对诱虫效果的影响不同,设置在树冠下层和中层的诱捕器诱捕效果较好,上层的较差;不同设置距离的诱捕器的诱虫效果不同,随着设置距离的增加,诱捕器的诱捕量逐渐下降,设置于距林缘50 m的诱捕器诱虫效果最好,性信息素诱捕器的最远引诱距离可能为280 m。研究结果为利用性信息素对模毒蛾进行种群监测和防治提供了依据。     

Short-term effects of a nun moth suppression programme (Lymantria monacha), (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) on epigeic non-target arthropods

The short-term responses of non-target soil arthropods to insecticides (Nomolt: Teflubenzuron, Karate: lambda-Cyhalothrin) applied against the nun moth (Lymantria monacha L.) were investigated in 2003. This phytophagous pest infested 30–40-year-old monocultures of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) located at an active military training area in northeast Saxony (Germany). According to the non-target epigeic arthropods, extinction of a higher systematic taxon (family, order) was not observed. Activity densities of soil macroarthropods were lower on plots treated with Karate, while those of necrophagous ground beetles increased considerably. Nomolt revealed no distinct impact on soil invertebrate density. Statistical analysis did not prove any consistent insecticidal effects on non-target arthropods. Adjacent open-heathland arthropods were not affected by a possible drift of the agents.     

舞毒蛾生物学特性及防治

在赫章对舞毒蛾Lymantria dispar L生物学特性、生态学习性及防治进行研究.     

Methodische Probleme des Fanges von Lymantria monacha L. (Lepid. Lymantriidae) in verschiedenen Pheromon-Lockfallen

Methodical problems of Nun moth trapping (Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae) in various pheromone-traps Various types of pheromone traps, which were used for catching ofLymantria monacha L., did not prove to be well suited either for checking of the occurrence of the pest and for its prognosis, or for estimating the size of the Nun moth population. Much more reliable data were obtained by using simple plates made of zinc sheet of size 50 × 50 cm or 50 × 100 cm, which were either on one or both sides covered with glue and sometimes they had an opening in the middle (10 × 10 cm) to allow spreading of the pheromone on both sides of the plate.Eight series of experiments, the results of which are given in the text, in the figures and tables, showed that the method of using pheromone traps renders new possibilities not only for prognosis and checking of the occurence of the Nun moth, but also for research on its ecology and ethology. It enables to investigate mating behavior and ecological problems even at the non-escape-phase of the pest. Further elaboration of this method in future years will make possible to derive from the data, obtained from the pheromene traps, data on the abundance of Nun moth in forest growths and on its flight distances.     

舞毒蛾综合防治措施及方法

舞毒蛾Lymantria dispar Linnaeus属鳞翅目Lepidoptera毒蛾科Lymantriidae。在我国分布于东北、华北、西北、华南。幼虫食害柞、杨、杏、柳、榆、桦、槭、椴、苹果、山楂等多种树叶。1974~1976年在辽宁省南部和东南部地区曾大面积发生,使杨、柳、柞、榆、山楂等受到严重危害,近年来在辽宁地区虫口密度又呈上升趋势。     

Untersuchungen zur überlebensfähigkeit und Entwicklung der Larven zweier Herkünfte des Schwammspinners Lymantria dispar L. (Lep.: Lymantriidae) in Abhängigkeit von der Fraßpflanze

The polyphagous gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) is able to feed on about 400 different woody plant species. In general, oak species are preferred – on the other hand some other groups of plants are avoided on account of the presence of toxic substances. These unfavoured hosts are, for example, most of the Papilionaceae, like locust (Robinia pseudoacacia). We compared survival rate and development of two populations of different origin with long-term habituation to oak and locust, respectively. Larvae from the population habituated to oak proved unable to develop on locust food. There must be a lack of detoxification systems to modify the toxic alcaloids and flavenoids produced by Robinia pseudoacacia. On the other hand, larvae isolated from an locust stand were able to feed on oak leaves without problems in larval development or eclosion of adults. Gypsy moth larvae specialized on locust as host showed increased mortality (up to 27?%) in the early larval instars, but the surviving animals, especially female individuals, reached significantly higher pupal weights and showed better fecundity: 40?% higher egg numbers/egg mass compared to those feeding on oak. These results indicate that the gypsy moth population originating from the locust forest had achieved a high level of metabolic adaptation to this host plant and formed a 'biotype' of Lymantria dispar with optimal reproductive conditions in this special habitat.     

Field survival analyses of adult Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Journal of Pest Science - The western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera; Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is a major maize pest in North America and Europe. For developing population models...     

The morphology of the antennal lobe of Ambrostoma quadriimpressum(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

The structure of the primary olfactory brain center was studied in male and female adult Ambrostoma quadriimpressum by means of a series of histological sections labeled using the reduced-silver-stain technique.The antennal lobe was elliptical, and the total number of glomeruli was approximately 50 in the antennal lobe in both sexes. There was no sexual dimorphism with respect to the size of the antennal lobe or the number and shape of glomeruli.     

The distribution of Phratora vulgatissima (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on cultivated willows in Britain and Ireland

Insect samples were collected from the canopy of 24 willow short rotation coppice (SRC) sites on farmland in Britain and Ireland in 1995. The blue willow beetle Phratora (= Phyllodecta) vulgatissima (L.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), previously identified as the main defoliating pest of this crop, was recorded from 13 of these at varying levels of abundance. Data describing aspects of the environment at each site were also collected. These data were used to create potential explanatory variables for a regression analysis of beetle abundance. This analysis indicated that P. vulgatissima were most likely to occur and were more abundant at older willow sites on clay soils and at sites that bad certain free-living willow species growing nearby. Within sites, most willow clones sampled contained P. vulgatissima, although two, Salix burjatica‘Germany’ (‘Aquatica Gigantea’) and Salix mollissima‘Q83’ (Salix triandra × Salix viminalis), were avoided. Chrysomelid pest avoidance and clonal resistance could form part of an integrated pest management strategy for SRC crops.