Evaluating Low Temperatures to Control Indian Meal Moth in Stored Grain

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Kaliyan ◽  
R. V. Morey ◽  
W. F. Wilcke ◽  
M. A. Carrillo ◽  
C. A. Cannon
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Stored Grain ◽  
Indian Meal Moth ◽  
Indian Meal

scholarly journals Identification and Characterization of an Antennae-Specific Glutathione S-Transferase From the Indian Meal Moth

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongmin Liu ◽  
Yin Tang ◽  
Qinying Wang ◽  
Hongzhong Shi ◽  
Jian Yin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Detection System ◽  
Pcr Analysis ◽  
Host Volatiles ◽  
Glutathione S Transferase ◽  
Stored Grain ◽  
Indian Meal Moth ◽  
Indian Meal ◽  
Glutathione S Transferases ◽  
Exogenous Compounds

Insect glutathione-S-transferases (GSTs) play essential roles in metabolizing endogenous and exogenous compounds. GSTs that are uniquely expressed in antennae are assumed to function as scavengers of pheromones and host volatiles in the odorant detection system. Based on this assumption, antennae-specific GSTs have been identified and functionally characterized in increasing number of insect species. In the present study, 17 putative GSTs were identified from the antennal transcriptomic dataset of the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella, a severe stored-grain pest worldwide. Among the GSTs, only PiGSTd1 is antennae-specific according to both Fragments Per Kilobase Million (FPKM) and quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis. Sequence analysis revealed that PiGSTd1 has a similar identity as many delta GSTs from other moths. Enzyme kinetic assays using 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB) as substrates showed that the recombinant PiGSTd1 gave a Km of 0.2292 ± 0.01805 mM and a Vmax of 14.02 ± 0.2545 μmol·mg−1·min−1 under the optimal catalytic conditions (35°C and pH = 7.5). Further analysis revealed that the recombinant PiGSTd1 could efficiently degrade the sex pheromone component Z9-12:Ac (75.63 ± 5.52%), as well as aldehyde volatiles, including hexanal (89.10 ± 2.21%), heptanal (63.19 ± 5.36%), (E)-2-octenal (73.58 ± 3.92%), (E)-2-nonenal (75.81 ± 1.90%), and (E)-2-decenal (61.13 ± 5.24%). Taken together, our findings suggest that PiGSTd1 may play essential roles in degrading and inactivating a variety of odorants, especially sex pheromones and host volatiles of P. interpunctella.

Using Low Temperatures to Control Indian Meal Moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hübner), in Stored Corn

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Kaliyan ◽  
W. F. Wilcke ◽  
R. V. Morey ◽  
M. A. Carrillo ◽  
C. A. Cannon
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Plodia Interpunctella ◽  
Indian Meal Moth ◽  
Indian Meal

scholarly journals Methyl Benzoate Is Superior to Other Natural Fumigants for Controlling the Indian Meal Moth (Plodia interpunctella)

Insects ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Md Munir Mostafiz ◽  
Errol Hassan ◽  
Rajendra Acharya ◽  
Jae-Kyoung Shim ◽  
Kyeong-Yeoll Lee
Keyword(s):  
Insect Pests ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
Plodia Interpunctella ◽  
Methyl Benzoate ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Contact Toxicity ◽  
Fumigant Toxicity ◽  
Indian Meal Moth ◽  
Indian Meal ◽  
Food Commodities

The Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), is an insect pest that commonly affects stored and postharvest agricultural products. For the control of insect pests and mites, methyl benzoate (MBe) is lethal as a fumigant and also causes contact toxicity; although it has already been established as a food-safe natural product, the fumigation toxicity of MBe has yet to be demonstrated in P. interpunctella. Herein, we evaluated MBe as a potential fumigant for controlling adults of P. interpunctella in two bioassays. Compared to the monoterpenes examined under laboratory conditions, MBe demonstrated high fumigant activity using a 1-L glass bottle at 1 μL/L air within 4 h of exposure. The median lethal concentration (LC50) of MBe was 0.1 μL/L air; the median lethal time (LT50) of MBe at 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, and 1 μL/L air was 3.8, 3.3, 2.8, and 2.0 h, respectively. Compared with commercially available monoterpene compounds used in pest control, MBe showed the highest fumigant toxicity (toxicity order as follows): MBe > citronellal > linalool > 1,8 cineole > limonene. Moreover, in a larger space assay, MBe caused 100% mortality of P. interpunctella at 0.01 μL/cm3 of air after 24 h of exposure. Therefore, MBe can be recommended for use in food security programs as an ecofriendly alternative fumigant. Specifically, it provides another management tool for curtailing the loss of stored food commodities due to P. interpunctella infestation.

scholarly journals Efficacy of essential oils to control the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 1122-1129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emiliano Nicolás Jesser ◽  
Jorge Omar Werdin-González ◽  
Ana Paula Murray ◽  
Adriana Alicia Ferrero
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oils ◽  
Plodia Interpunctella ◽  
Indian Meal Moth ◽  
Indian Meal ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae
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