{"title":"Structural Maps of the Polytene Chromosomes of the Fruit Flies Bactrocera zonata and Zeugodacus tau (Diptera: Tephritidae)","authors":"F. Yesmin, M. Uddin, Mohammed Hasanuzzaman","doi":"10.3390/iece-10528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/iece-10528","url":null,"abstract":": Structural polytene chromosome maps of the two Tephritid (Diptera) fruit fly species were studied. Bactrocera zonata originates in South and South-East Asia. It attacks more than 50 host plants, several of which are commercial species-guava, mango, peach, apricot, fig and citrus. The probable risk of its introduction to a new country is aided by travel and trade, and is influenced by changes in climate and land use. The EPPO classified it as A1 Pests, suggesting for regulation as a quarantine pest. Zeugodacus tau is widespread in Asia and Australia. It attacks 34 hosts from 9 families, major commercial hosts-melon, cucumber, pumpkin, luffa, sapodilla, bitter gourd and guava. The aim of the study was to identify polytene chromosomes from the 3 rd instar larval salivary glands and to construct structural polytene maps based on the banding patterns of the polytene arms. In both species, five polytene chromosomes (10 polytene arms) corresponding to the five autosomes of the mitotic chromosomes and a heterochromatic mass were observed in polytene nuclei. Hetero-chromatic mass is a granular network and supposed that it corresponds to sex chromosomes. Poly-tene maps were constructed by dividing each of chromosome arms into twenty sections. The tips of each chromosome arm, prominent landmarks, characteristic banding patterns and puffs were recognized that reflected the fundamental differences in the chromosomes. The structural maps presented here allow future identification and location of chromosomal rearrangements or structural differences within other tephritid species.","PeriodicalId":109312,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of The 1st International Electronic Conference on Entomology","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133864396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Seasonal Abundance Changes of Spotted Wing Drosophila in Neighbouring Habitats in Hungary","authors":"F. Deutsch, B. Kiss","doi":"10.3390/iece-10488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/iece-10488","url":null,"abstract":": The invasive spotted wing drosophila (SWD - Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931)) became an important pest in several parts of Europe in less than one decade. High variations are re-ported by geographical regions in the phenology of the species and thus in the damages in different soft-skinned fruits. Our study aimed to compare phenological patterns of SWD in various neighbouring habitats (cherry/sour cherry and blackberry plantations, forested and built-up areas) in a hilly berry production region of Hungary (Nógrád county). The investigation consisted of operating 16 bottle traps (with vinegar and red wine) on eight spots during four years (2017-2020). The traps in cherry/sour cherry plantations caught the highest number of SWD (n=21997), which was followed by forests (n=20616), built-up areas (n=10567) and blackberry plantations (n=5035). No substantial differences were found in phenological patterns between the habitat types in any year; the catches did not reflect the lack of ripening fruits. The highest numbers of SWD imagoes were caught in September and October, while virtually no SWD individuals were caught before July. The lack of SWD catches in the first half of the year suggests that long-distance migration may play an essential role in the population dynamic of SWD by re-establishing pest populations regularly in mid-sum-mer in Hungary.","PeriodicalId":109312,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of The 1st International Electronic Conference on Entomology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132637042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Searching for Light-Induced Genes in Hymenopteran Insect – Nasonia vitripennis: Transcription of 13% of the Genes Is Regulated by Light","authors":"Yifan Wang, Roelof Hut","doi":"10.3390/iece-10536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/iece-10536","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":109312,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of The 1st International Electronic Conference on Entomology","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130742360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How Unique Is Wing-beating Sound? Classifying Mosquitoes from Wing-Beating Sounds","authors":"Md. Zakir Hossain, K. A. Ahmed, Xutong Wei","doi":"10.3390/iece-10504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/iece-10504","url":null,"abstract":": Mosquitoes are the vectors of numerous deadly diseases including Yellow Fever, Malaria, Dengue fever, Zika and Chikungunya. Numerous control measures are being implemented around the world to suppress this notorious insect. Mosquito systematics is essential to study the mosquito prevalence in a definite area, which helps entomologists to design and implement specific control measures for prevalent species. Traditional systematics methods are laborious and time-consuming, which can be overcome by different image-processing based machine-learning (ML) approaches. But due to small size and poor-quality images, ML approaches often fail to identify mosquitoes from images. Recently, wing beating sounds showed potential to be used as a classifier in mosquito systematics. The current study aims to develop an ML model to identify different genera and species of mosquitoes, based on wing-beating sounds and propose a computationally inexpensive and fast tool to be used in mosquito control programmes. Wing beating sounds of six mosquito species of three different genera were collected from publicly available sources, and several state-of-art ML models were implemented on raw sounds as well as in processed spectrograms. On raw sounds, the general neural network model with 3 dense layers perceptrons reached at 59% accuracy, whereas for processed spectrograms, Resnet-18 enhance the accuracy to 86.1%. The model also showed potential to enhance the accuracy for the identification of different mosquitoes' sexes. Our model has implications to be served as a mosquito prevalence monitoring tool and assist mosquito eradication program for specific mosquito genera, and finally will help medical practitioners to work on related pathogens.","PeriodicalId":109312,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of The 1st International Electronic Conference on Entomology","volume":"301 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133532116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Q. Ahmed, Yonglin Ren, M. Agarwal, Zahraa Alghadban, Ruaa Alobaidi
{"title":"The Function of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Released from Cruciferous Crops Infested with Myzus persicae and Uninfested to Attract Parasitoids","authors":"Q. Ahmed, Yonglin Ren, M. Agarwal, Zahraa Alghadban, Ruaa Alobaidi","doi":"10.3390/iece-10535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/iece-10535","url":null,"abstract":"The green peach aphid, Mysuz persicae is a parasitic aphid and a commonly found polyphagous insect. It can cause direct and indirect damage to many plant families, including cruciferous crops, by feeding on plant sap and transmitting plant pathogens. The aphid infestation can trigger the host plant, such as cabbage to release different volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and parasitoids can use some of these compounds as chemical markers to distinguish their hosts. Some compounds were discovered in both infested and uninfested cabbage using headspace solid microextraction (SPME) coupled with GC-MS technology. According to the GC-MS report, VOCs released from infested and uninfested cabbage plants varied quantitatively and qualitatively. In a Y-tube olfactometer bioassay, M. persicae attracts both infested and uninfested plants, and the parasitoids Aphelinus abdominalis and Aphidus colemani prefer infested plants to uninfested plants.","PeriodicalId":109312,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of The 1st International Electronic Conference on Entomology","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123222970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juliano J. Havrelhuk, Karine Louise dos Santos, Fernando R. Sujimoto, T. Amaral
{"title":"Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Feijoa sellowiana monoculture and agroforestry systems.","authors":"Juliano J. Havrelhuk, Karine Louise dos Santos, Fernando R. Sujimoto, T. Amaral","doi":"10.3390/iece-10552","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/iece-10552","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":109312,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of The 1st International Electronic Conference on Entomology","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122465471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficacy of Botanical Extracts Against Storage Insect Pests Tribolium confusum (confused flour beetle) and Sitophilus oryzae (Rice Weevil)","authors":"K. Pakeerathan, B. H. Piris, Sairam Sayanthan","doi":"10.3390/iece-10529","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/iece-10529","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":109312,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of The 1st International Electronic Conference on Entomology","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130351328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. T. Leal, T. Amaral, Fernando R. Sujimoto, C. E. Ramos, F. Barbosa
{"title":"Bioativity of Agave sisalana Perrine Ex Engelm (Asparagaceae) Aqueous Residual Extract on Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)","authors":"T. T. Leal, T. Amaral, Fernando R. Sujimoto, C. E. Ramos, F. Barbosa","doi":"10.3390/iece-10496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/iece-10496","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":109312,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of The 1st International Electronic Conference on Entomology","volume":"149 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132976283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mina Rakić, Mihailo Jelić, M. Stamenković-Radak, Aleksandra Patenković, M. Tanasković, K. Erić, Slobodan Davidović, Pavle Erić, Marija Savić Veselinović
{"title":"Metallothionein Gene Expression in Drosophila subobscura Indicates Their Different Function in Response to Heavy Metal Exposures","authors":"Mina Rakić, Mihailo Jelić, M. Stamenković-Radak, Aleksandra Patenković, M. Tanasković, K. Erić, Slobodan Davidović, Pavle Erić, Marija Savić Veselinović","doi":"10.3390/iece-10508","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/iece-10508","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":109312,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of The 1st International Electronic Conference on Entomology","volume":"149 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132945345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aqeel Alyousuf, RusulAssim Abood, Mohammed M. Alderawii
{"title":"Dispersion and Binomial Sequential Sampling Plan for Lesser Date Moth Batrachedra amydraula (Lepidoptera: Batrachedridae) Infesting Date Palm Plantations","authors":"Aqeel Alyousuf, RusulAssim Abood, Mohammed M. Alderawii","doi":"10.3390/iece-10531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/iece-10531","url":null,"abstract":"The Lesser Date Moth (LDM) Batrachedra amydraula (Lepidoptera: Batrachedridae) is a serious pest of fruits of date palm trees that causes economic losses in nearly all growing regions globally. As one of the main methods for controlling this pest, the overuse of broad-spectrum insecticides is applied. Population sampling methods are fundamental in the chemical control-based IPM system, minimizing the negative effects of insecticides on the environment. A tentative sampling method for LDM is recommended; however, conventional sampling schemes are complained due to the time-consuming. Alternatively, binomial sequential sampling plans are often more efficient and may allow samplers to fast classify pest infestations and make a control decision. The objectives of this study were to determine the spatial distribution and develop binomial sequential sampling for fast reliable estimation of LDM infestation on date palms. Throughout the province of Basra, Iraq, eighty-four 1 ha date palm orchards were sampled from 2017 to 2019. The results of spatial distribution pattern analyses by using TPL (a = 0.0695 and b = 1.4041) indicated that LDM on sampling units (date palm spikelets) were highly aggregated in date palm orchards. The mean vs. proportion infested (PT-m) (T= 0 to 5) models for LDM infesting sampling units (spikelets) revealed relatively strong fits for LDM. Binomial sequential sampling models for LDM infesting date palms were developed for action thresholds of 0.15, 0.25, and 0.35 proportions of spikelets with at least three infested fruit (T=3). Binomial sequential sampling plans were validated using RVSP software by the evaluation of operating characteristic functions and average sample number. We recommend a minimum sample size of 28 and sampling efforts should be terminated at 90 samples for these sampling plans.","PeriodicalId":109312,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of The 1st International Electronic Conference on Entomology","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121203731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}