Aim: To clarify the physiological mechanisms of the effects of elevated CO2 on western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis and its local related species F. intonsa. Methods: The activities of the digestive enzymes (amylase, trypsin and lipase) in the adults of the two species of thrips reared ...
Author(s)
Jiang LiNa; Qian Lei; Xi Chao; Wang XueLi; Yang Lu; Gui FuRong
Publisher
Editorial Office of Acta Entomologica Sinica, Beijing, China
Citation
Acta Entomologica Sinica, 2017, 60, 3, pp 237-246
Due to its cosmopolitan and invasive characteristics, the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wied.), is considered to be the most harmful tephritide to global fruit farming, causing greater losses in production than any other species of the same family. In Brazil, it was first detected in ...
Author(s)
Trassato, L. B.; Monteiro Neto, J. L. L.; Lima, A. C. S.; Silva, E. S. da; Ronchi-Teles, B.; Carmo, I. L. G. da S.
Publisher
Universidade Federal de Roraima, Boa Vista, Brazil
Citation
Agro@mbiente On-line, 2017, 11, 1, pp 88-91
The terpenoids emission of cotton plants were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively under laboratory condition with the treatments of mechanical wounding (MW), salicylic acid inducement (SA), short-term mealybugs injury (S-MF), and long-term mealybugs injury (L-MF). The results showed that...
Author(s)
Huang Jun; Zhang Juan; Lu YaoBin
Publisher
Guangdong Provincial Association for Science & Technology, Guangzhou, China
Citation
Journal of Environmental Entomology, 2016, 38, 4, pp 704-709
Author(s)
Gullino, M. L.; Colla, P.
Publisher
Agroinnova, Torino, Italy
Citation
Protezione delle Colture, 2016, No.2, pp 49-50
The tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta Meyrick is an invasive species for Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, attacking cultivated and wild Solanaceae plants. After it was recorded in Bulgaria in 2009 it spread in all tomato growing regions of the country. The aim of the study was to establish...
Author(s)
Deleva, E.; Harizanova, V.; Draganova, S.
Publisher
Academic Publishing House of the Agricultural University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Citation
Agrarni Nauki, 2016, 8, 19, pp 61-67
Cydalima perspectalis (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is a harmful species on Buxus spp. that is used as outdoor ornamental plants in parks and gardens. C. perspectalis is originated from the East Asia and it is an invasive species for Turkey. This species has been detected in Germany and...
Author(s)
Öztürk, N.; Akbulut, S.; Yüksel, B.
Publisher
Düzce University, Düzce, Turkey
Citation
Düzce Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Ormancılık Dergisi, 2016, 12, 1, pp 112-121
Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931) is an invasive pest from South East Asia that was detected for the first time in Southern Europe in 2008. This species can damage a wide range of soft-skinned fruits crops affecting ripening fruits and causing important economic losses. Since the exclusive use...
Author(s)
Pérez-Guerrero, S.; Molina, J. M.
Publisher
Spanish National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA), Madrid, Spain
Citation
Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2016, 14, 2, pp e10SC01
Bactrocera zonata has been reported as invasive species in the African continent, including Egypt, coming from the Asia neighbors. Due to the fact that is a invasive pest species, no native parasitoid was expected to be present. Indeed, the introduction of exotic parasites was a logic approach in...
Author(s)
El-Heneidy, A. H.; Hosny, M. E.; Ramadan, M. M.
Publisher
International Fruit Fly Steering Committee, Bangkok, Thailand
Citation
Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance, 12-16 May 2014, Bangkok, Thailand, 2016, pp 395-400
The Spotted Wing Drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, is an emerging agricultural pest of soft-skinned fruits. Since the 1980s, but particularly during the last decade, the small fly has invaded a large number of states in North America and many countries in Europe and South America. Here we present...
Author(s)
Schwirz, J.; Fischbach, M.; Vilcinskas, A.; Fischer, R.; Schetelig, M. F.
Publisher
International Fruit Fly Steering Committee, Bangkok, Thailand
Citation
Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance, 12-16 May 2014, Bangkok, Thailand, 2016, pp 310-322
This proceedings contains abstracts focusing on the effect of climate change, changes in land use and ecological and socioeconomic impacts on biological invasions. Information on the genetics and evolution of non-native pests and pathogens, invader traits and characteristics of invaded communities, ...
Author(s)
Ries, C.; Krippel, Y.
Publisher
Fondation faune-flore - Institut de recherche sur le patrimoine naturel et la diversité biologique, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Citation
Biological Invasions: Interactions with Environmental Change. Book of abstracts. NEOBIOTA 2016 - 9th International Conference on Biological Invasions. Vianden, Luxembourg, 14-16 September 2016, 2016, pp 256 pp.