scholarly journals New Pest Management Frontiers: Linking Plant Medicine to Traditional Knowledge

2003 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robyn A. Klein ◽  
Florence V. Dunkel
2001 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-6
Author(s):  
Janet Byron
Keyword(s):  

Insects ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Reagan ◽  
Megan M. Mulcahy

Diatraea saccharalis F is considered the most important pest of sugarcane in the United States. This article focuses on the history of pest management as it relates to the control of this stem borer in Louisiana sugarcane, and how control practices have become more in tune with integrated pest management paradigms. Various pest management strategies are employed against D. saccharalis and the interactions between each of these provide farmers with the tools needed to curb damaging infestations. However, the invasion of the Mexican rice borer, Eoreuma loftini (Dyar), and other confounding environmental factors have presented farmers, consultants, and researchers with new pest management challenges. We address these challenges and provide an overview of ongoing developments, particularly in the Louisiana sugarcane pest management program.


2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 61-66
Author(s):  
Amanda N. Lawrence ◽  
Jennifer Strotman

Abstract A case study involving a comprehensive inspection to discriminate between old and active pest infestations is described. Integrated pest management (IPM) processes within the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution, Division of Mammals (DOM) are challenging because of the size and composition of the collection, the age of storage equipment, and a low staffing to specimen ratio. Each specimen cabinet was inspected by IPM technicians during a 6-week period in late 2012. Following that inspection, two members of the NMNH collections program technician team began a 9-week project to clean 5,925 incidents in the affected cabinets in DOM storage areas in the Natural History Building downtown. The results of this project show that cleaning up a pest infestation in any natural history collection can be done in a reasonable amount of time and will help ensure the preservation of collections in the future. Knowing that the collections have been fully inspected and cleaned will allow staff in the DOM to easily and rapidly address future IPM issues in a structured way. Such efforts facilitate future IPM inspections because evidence of any new pest activity is no longer at risk of being overlooked due to debris from past infestations.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wencai Zhao ◽  
Tongqian Zhang ◽  
Xinzhu Meng ◽  
Yang Yang

A new pest management mathematical model with saturated growth is proposed. The integrated pest management (IPM) strategy by introducing two state dependent pulses into the model is considered. Firstly, we analyze singular points of the model qualitatively and get the condition for focus point. Secondly, by using geometry theory of impulsive differential equation, the existence and stability of periodic solution of the system are discussed. Lastly, some examples and numerical simulations are given to illustrate our results.


2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daria Osintseva ◽  
Evgeny Osintsev ◽  
Maksim Rebezov ◽  
Lubov Prokhasko ◽  
Saule Seilgazina ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Nurdan Topakcı ◽  
Utku Yükselbaba

Tomato is one of the most important vegetable crop which is widely grown in the world. Economic yield loses due to several insect species has been reported on tomato production. In recent years, a new pest Lasioptera sp, which causes significant damage in tomato production area has emerged. The pest has first been reported in tomato production areas of Mersin district in 2012 after it has been reported in Greece. This pest belongs to the family Cecidomyiidae and is causing damage in the stems and on the fruits of tomato. The larva feeds inside of the stem, so this makes management of the pest difficult. There are no adequate studies on integrated pest management on this pest. This report clearly showed that detailed studies on the biology and management of this pest in the tomato production should be done.


1985 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Carrow

The spruce budmoth, Zeiraphera sp. is a new pest of white spruce plantations in New Brunswick. Damage to the buds results in deformation of the stem and stunting of growth.Because of the secretive feeding behavior of the larvae, attempts to control populations or provide protection with chemical insecticides have been largely unsuccessful. The nature of the plantation and the biology of the insect provide an attractive opportunity for development of an integrated pest management system. The most promising techniques for immediate application and research and development effort are: reduction of harvest block size; planting of mixed conifer species; spruce budmoth pheromone; mass release of Trichogramma parasites; and further testing of Bacillus thuringiensis.


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