{"title":"Insecticidal Activity of Essential Oil from Seeds of Foeniculum vulgare (Apiales: Apiaceae) Against Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Its Effects on Crop Seed Germination","authors":"R. Wanna, Phirayot Khaengkhan","doi":"10.18474/JES22-13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18474/JES22-13","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Many aromatic herbs in the family Apiaceae produce essential oils that are used on an industrial scale for medicinal, cosmetic, and food purposes. Essential oils from plants that show insecticidal activity can be substituted for synthetic insecticides to reduce environmental pollution or harmful toxicity to humans. Insecticidal activity of essential oil from seeds of coriander, Foeniculum vulgare Miller (Apiales: Apiaceae), on maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), and its effects on seed germination of three major economic crops were investigated. Essential oil from F. vulgare seeds was analyzed by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry and found to contain 25 components, with anethole (43.78%) as the main constituent. Other basic compounds were estragole (28.33%), fenchone (16.68%), d-limonene (2.62%), alpha-pinene (1.84%), and p-cymene (1.28%). Foeniculum vulgare essential oil was toxic to maize weevil when used as a fumigant with a median lethal concentration at 48 h of 10.42 µL/L air. A concentration of 64 µL/L air was most effective, killing 100% of maize weevil within 24 h. The repellent effect on maize weevil increased to 75% at 24 h at a concentration of 16 µL/L air. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench) seeds fumigated with 32 µL/L air of F. vulgare essential oil exhibited a slight decrease in germination rate (germination >90%). Our results indicate that essential oil from F. vulgare seeds have potential for application in the management of maize weevil in stored products.","PeriodicalId":15765,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Entomological Science","volume":"58 1","pages":"104 - 116"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44025478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Annotated Checklist of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Doña Ana County, New Mexico","authors":"Joel W. DuBois, W. P. Steffens, C. Bundy","doi":"10.18474/JES22-15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18474/JES22-15","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract An annotated checklist of the jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Doña Ana County, New Mexico is provided. Records compiled from museum specimens, available literature, and field collections yielded 79 species representing 21 genera and 4 subfamilies. The greatest number of species were recorded from the subfamilies Polycestinae (31 species) and Buprestinae (25 species). Acmaeodera yuccavora Knull (Polycestinae) and Agrilus fisherellus Obenberger (Agrilinae) represent two new state records in New Mexico.","PeriodicalId":15765,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Entomological Science","volume":"58 1","pages":"16 - 26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41484353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of Electron Beam Irradiation on the Developmental Stages of Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) and Bactrocera zonata (Diptera: Tephritidae)","authors":"A. Gabarty, A. Hammad, R. Zinhoum, A. Negm","doi":"10.18474/JES21-72","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18474/JES21-72","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract An eco-friendly electron beam irradiation (EBI) technology was used to assess the effect of EBI on the different development stages of Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) and Bactrocera zonata (Saunders). No adults emerged after 3-d-old eggs of C. maculatus were irradiated with 304.8 Gy of EBI, and no adults emerged from the F1 generation of larvae and pupae irradiated with 103.6 Gy. The adult stage of C. maculatus was the most tolerant of EBI, with a high dose (414.3 Gy) irradiation of the adult stage resulting in complete prevention of the F1 generation adult emergence. Large-scale tests confirmed that 414.3 Gy was an effective dose for the phytosanitary and security treatment for C. maculatus. An EBI dose of 414.3 Gy prevented B. zonata egg hatching. EBI doses of 304.8, 414.3, and 653.5 Gy prevented the development of first, second, and third larval instars to pupation, respectively. Using the criterion of adult emergence from the F1 generation, targeting the third larval stage, considered the most tolerant stage to EBI, a dose of 304.8 Gy was effective for quarantine and security treatment of B. zonata.","PeriodicalId":15765,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Entomological Science","volume":"57 1","pages":"460 - 476"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46146456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) Midgut Microbial Community Responses to Exposure to Metarhizium flavoviride (Sordariomycetes: Hypocreales)","authors":"J. Zhang, F. Li, H. Zhong, J.M. Chen","doi":"10.18474/JES22-11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18474/JES22-11","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Changes to the community of symbiotic bacteria and fungi in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens Stål, were measured at different times after exposure to conidial suspensions of Metarhizium flavoviride Gams and Roszypal. Over all concentrations tested, bacterial species associated with N. lugens comprised 8 phyla, 17 classes, 22 orders, 26 families, and 31 genera of which the relative proportions of Arsenophonus, Burkholderia, Enterobacter, Pseudomonas, Stenotrophomonas, and Bacteroides were highest. The relative abundance and diversity of bacteria were highest in the carrier control (0.05% Tween-80 only). Fungi comprised 1 phyla, 5 classes, 10 orders, 13 families, and 18 genera, with Metarhizium being the dominant taxon in specimens from all treatment groups. Metarhizium spp. was greatest in the concentrations of 107 and 108 conidia/ml at 72 hours after exposure, reaching 94.82% and 93.74% of taxonomic units, respectively. We deduced that M. flavoviride competes for nutrition with midgut microorganisms; therefore, exposure to a pathogenic fungus will change the abundance and diversity of bacterial and fungal microorganisms in the midguts of hosts, and pathogens will impact the structure of bacterial communities in the host midgut with an alteration in the bacterial species composition. We observed that following the exposure of N. lugens to M. flavoviride, Metarhizium spp. dominated in the midgut of the host, the abundance and diversity of midgut fungal microorganisms decreased, and the dominant bacterial species in the midgut shifted.","PeriodicalId":15765,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Entomological Science","volume":"57 1","pages":"587 - 602"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43157441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kyndra Chastain, Westley Peterson, Katherine Haszcz, Michaela Fenske, J. Rice, M. Pszczolkowski
{"title":"Innate Immune Response of Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Larvae to Lemongrass Essential Oil and Citral","authors":"Kyndra Chastain, Westley Peterson, Katherine Haszcz, Michaela Fenske, J. Rice, M. Pszczolkowski","doi":"10.18474/JES22-08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18474/JES22-08","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The innate immune response in insects relies on cellular responses. In most lepidopteran species, challenging the immune system causes an increase in hemocyte numbers and promotes encapsulation and melanization of invading objects, such as parasitoid eggs or artificial objects (e.g., nylon implants). We studied the effects of carbon particles (Sumi ink) on the immune response of Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) last-instar larvae. Ink injections increased total hemocyte counts in a dose-dependent manner, with the 40 and 80% concentrations being most effective in eliciting hemocyte response. Hemocyte numbers increased significantly at 4 and 6 h after ink injection. Lemongrass essential oil (0.18, 0.36, and 0.72 µg/larva) and citral (0.12, 0.24, and 0.48 µg/larva) reversed the mobilization of hemocytes by the ink. Melanization of nylon larvae implants started as early as 15 min after implant insertion and reached maximum observed levels within 1 h. The degree of melanization also was higher in larvae challenged with ink 1 h prior to implant removal, which suggests initialization of the immune response. Citral injections inhibited implant melanization both in unchallenged and ink-challenged larvae. In the former case, citral concentrations needed for effective inhibition were less (0.3 µg/larva) than in ink-challenged larvae (1.2 and 2.4 µg/larva).","PeriodicalId":15765,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Entomological Science","volume":"57 1","pages":"573 - 586"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42922490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Emergence and Reproductive Rhythm of Clostera anastomosis (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae)","authors":"Luo Peng, C. Lihui, Chenato Lin, W. Guangli","doi":"10.18474/JES21-70","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18474/JES21-70","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Clostera anastomosis L. (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) is a serious defoliator of poplar, Populus spp., trees in China. To establish a baseline of information for possible ecological management of this pest, we studied its emergence, courtship, mating, and oviposition behaviors in the laboratory at 27 ± 1°C and 60 ± 10% relative humidity under a 14:10-h (light:dark) photoperiod. Under these conditions, peak emergence of female adults occurred in the sixth day after pupation, and peak emergence of males was in the seventh day after pupation. Emergence for both sexes occurred throughout the day. Courtship behavior began at the sixth hour of scotophase, reaching peak activity between the 10th hour of scotophase and the first hour of photophase. The courtship and mating success rate were highest for 1-d-old females, and then gradually decreased with age until no mating was observed after females were 4 d old. With 1-d-old females, mating was only observed from the seventh hour of scotophase to the first hour of photophase, with peak activity at 0.5 h after the onset of photophase. Oviposition primarily occurred within 3 d after mating, with 49.8% of the eggs being deposited during the first day after mating. These results demonstrate that there are distinct circadian rhythms in adult emergence and subsequent reproductive behavior of C. anastomosis, thus providing a basis for development of monitoring and management strategies of this pest.","PeriodicalId":15765,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Entomological Science","volume":"57 1","pages":"447 - 459"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47659570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dominique N Ebbenga, Suzanne J. Wold-Burkness, Wayne H. Wold, E. Burkness, W. Hutchison
{"title":"Comparison of Monitoring Systems and Temporal Activity Patterns for Spotted-Wing Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae): Implications for Integrated Pest Management","authors":"Dominique N Ebbenga, Suzanne J. Wold-Burkness, Wayne H. Wold, E. Burkness, W. Hutchison","doi":"10.18474/JES21-86","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18474/JES21-86","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Spotted-wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura), is a significant, global invasive species first confirmed in the United States in 2008. Since the first detection in Minnesota in 2012, D. suzukii rapidly became a major economic pest of berry crops in the state. Effective monitoring of adult D. suzukii populations is a crucial aspect of developing integrated pest management (IPM) programs for at-risk crops. Drosophila suzukii monitoring research was conducted in 2016 and 2017 to better understand the effectiveness of two commercially available trapping systems for early detection of adults in spring and how mean trap catches compared over time. In addition, using the Scentry trap, we assessed the impact of lure age on trap performance. Finally, a study was conducted to better understand the diurnal activity pattern for adult D. suzukii under Minnesota summer conditions. Results comparing the trapping systems indicated each system varied in its ability to detect first catch of D. suzukii but that both commercial traps/lures were effective. The lure age study showed that lures can be changed less frequently than initially suggested. Temporal activity studies, as measured by trap catch via Scentry traps, indicated that adult D. suzukii demonstrated a crepuscular activity pattern in raspberry and blueberry. The results of these studies should benefit growers as they continue to fine-tune fruit IPM programs for D. suzukii.","PeriodicalId":15765,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Entomological Science","volume":"57 1","pages":"516 - 529"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45975102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of the Orientation of the Leaf Surface on the Growth, Development, and Reproduction of Three Populations of the Pea Aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae)","authors":"Li-Juan Wu, Jing-Wen Li, Chang Wang, Meng Zhang, Xiang-Shun Hu, Tong‐Xian Liu","doi":"10.18474/JES21-74","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18474/JES21-74","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The leaf disc method is widely used in laboratory studies of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) (Hemiptera: Aphididae). We examined the effects of the orientation of the leaf discs (upright, inverted, and horizontally perpendicular to the surface) on the biological parameters of aphids from three populations (i.e., Gansu red, Gansu green, and Yunnan green) of A. pisum. We found that aphids feeding on inverted or horizontally perpendicular positioned leaf discs exhibited higher survival and fecundity rates than those aphids feeding on upright positioned leaf discs for all three populations. Overall, aphids in both the Gansu red and Gansu green populations performed best when feeding on the inverted leaf discs, whereas aphids of the Yunnan green population performed best in the horizontally perpendicular orientation. We postulate this may be related to body temperature adjustment by the aphids through adjusting the orientation angle between its body and the sun. Our results provide a theoretical basis for optimizing the rearing parameters of the pea aphid, reducing the systematic error of experiments, and facilitating the acquisition of more reliable data under laboratory conditions.","PeriodicalId":15765,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Entomological Science","volume":"57 1","pages":"477 - 487"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48334359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transcriptome Analysis of Hong Yang Kiwifruit in Response to Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) Larval Feeding","authors":"Liao Guo, Zhi-xia Chen, Xinwu Zhao","doi":"10.18474/JES21-77","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18474/JES21-77","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is a major pest of Hong Yang kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis Planch cv. chinensis) grown in China. Our transcriptome analysis of the interaction between Hong Yang kiwifruit and B. dorsalis revealed numerous changes in gene expression level attributable to Oriental fruit fly feeding, resulting in the down-regulation of 112 genes and the up-regulation of 226 genes. Gene ontology analysis revealed that differential expression genes (DEGs) were mainly involved in biological processes (4,568; 56.28%), molecular function (2,297; 28.30%), and cellular components (1,251; 15.41%). By searching against the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes Pathway database (KEGG), 258 DEGs were assigned to 51 KEGG pathways belonging to five main categories: metabolism (239, 92.64%), genetic information processing (10, 3.88%), organismal systems (5, 1.94%), cellular processes (3, 1.16%), and environmental information processing (1, 0.39%). The numbers of DEGs up-regulated were much higher than those down-regulated. Expression of genes involved in the secondary metabolism was detected, and several key genes showed differential expression. Our results suggest that B. dorsalis induced defense response of Hong Yang kiwifruit, including hypersensitive response and immunity triggered by either pathogen/microbe-associated molecular patterns or immunity effectors. Metabolic process was also adjusted to adapt to these responses. Our results provide extensive transcriptome information for A. chinensis and valuable clues for elucidating the mechanism of interaction between Hong Yang kiwifruit and B. dorsalis, and will facilitate molecular breeding for Actinidia crop plants.","PeriodicalId":15765,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Entomological Science","volume":"57 1","pages":"488 - 501"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41519021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fumigant Activity of Tridax procumbens (Asterales: Asteraceae) Essential Oil Against Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Its Effects on Thai Rice Seed Germination","authors":"R. Wanna, W. Kaewduangta","doi":"10.18474/JES22-02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18474/JES22-02","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Fumigant activity of the essential oil extracted from Tridax procumbens L. (Asterales: Asteraceae) by water distillation was assessed against Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), together with its effect on the germination of three Thai varieties of rice, Oryza sativa L. (Poales: Poaceae). Tridax procumbens essential oil contains 25 compounds with five principal components as 1,2-cyclooctanediol (11.49%), hexanal (5.34%), 4-heptenal (4.92%), 2,4-nonadienal (3.10%), and 1,6-dimethylhepta-1,3,5-triene (1.67%). Tridax procumbens essential oil was a fumigant toxin to S. zeamais adults with a median lethal concentration (LC50) of 1,509.79 µl/L air 24 h after exposure. The highest concentration of 250 µl/L air of T. procumbens essential oil showed low efficacy in killing adults of S. zeamais at 24 h with 10% mortality. This concentration also affected newly emerged progeny (F1) of S. zeamais compared to the control, with the highest reduction of 92.87%, and also decreased seed germination of the three varieties of Thai rice RD6, Kham Na Sinuan, and KDML at 94.25, 96.0, and 93.25%, respectively, compared with the control (98.0–98.75%). Results indicate that essential oil from T. procumbens has potential for application on stored products to control progeny of S. zeamais that cause seed damage.","PeriodicalId":15765,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Entomological Science","volume":"57 1","pages":"561 - 572"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44150376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}