INFESTIBILITY OF OILSEEDS, CLOVER, AND MILLET BY STORED-PRODUCT INSECTS

1972 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 431-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. N. SINHA
Keyword(s):  
Tribolium Castaneum ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Cryptolestes Ferrugineus ◽  
Potential Danger ◽  
Complete Development ◽  
Stored Product Insects ◽  
Oryzaephilus Mercator ◽  
Insect Attack ◽  
New Pest

Infestation potential of 16 cultivars of flax, mustard, rape, sunflower, millet, and clover seeds to five common species of stored-product insects was determined. When multiplication was used as a criterion, whole seeds were resistant to insect attack although minor infestation occurred on certain cultivars. Although some species of insects could complete development on certain cultivars, few could reproduce well on clover and mustard cultivars. Oilseeds were more susceptible to Oryzaephilus mercator than to any other insect species. Cryptolestes ferrugineus, which thrived on the millet cultivars Crown and Siberian, neither reproduced nor completed development on any of the oilseed and forage cultivars. All cultivars of crushed Noralta, Raja, and Redwood flax were susceptible to: O. mercator, O. surinamensis, and Tribolium castaneum; Echo and Target rape only to O. mercator; Armavirec, Krasnodarets, Mennonite, and Peredovic sunflowers to all insects except C. ferrugineus; and Crown and Siberian millet to all insects. Tribolium confusum reproduced only on sunflower and millet cultivars. The potential danger of stored oilseeds in Western Canada from a new pest, O. mercator, was evaluated.

SEASONAL OCCURRENCE OF PLANT BUGS (HEMIPTERA: MIRIDAE) ON OILSEED FLAX (LINACEAE) AND THEIR EFFECT ON YIELD

2000 ◽  
Vol 132 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.L. Wise ◽  
R.J. Lamb
Keyword(s):  
Linum Usitatissimum ◽  
Yield Loss ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Lygus Lineolaris ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Oilseed Crop ◽  
Feeding Damage ◽  
Complete Development ◽  
The Common ◽  
Effect On Yield

Plant bugs, Lygus Kelton, damage many crops in western Canada (Kelton 1980; Wise and Lamb 1998; Wise et al. 2000), the common species in Manitoba being Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois), Lygus borealis (Kelton), and Lygus elisus Van Duzee (Gerber and Wise 1995). Reports of plant bugs on flax, Linum usitatissimum L., are limited to an oviposition study (Painter 1927) and anecdotal descriptions of feeding damage in Canada (Beirne 1972) and Europe (Ferguson and Fitt 1991). In western Canada, flax is grown as an oilseed crop on about 600 000 ha annually (Canada Grains Council 1999). The objectives of this study were to determine (i) the species of plant bugs in oilseed flax, (ii) their ability to complete development in flax, (iii) the number of generations they complete, and (iv) the yield loss they cause.

scholarly journals The Whitefly Dialeurodes citri: A New Pest on Citrus in Tunisia?

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
Synda Boulahia-Kheder ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Common Species ◽  
Biological Traits ◽  
Severe Damage ◽  
Control Programs ◽  
North East ◽  
Dialeurodes Citri ◽  
Citrus Orchards ◽  
Parabemisia Myricae ◽  
Very High ◽  
New Pest

Whiteflies invaded citrus orchards in Tunisia in the 90’s. Two species: Aleurothixus floccosus and Parabemisia myricae have been recorded successively infesting citrus and causing severe damage in Cap-Bon (North-East of Tunisia). These pests were first controlled by several insecticidal applications but with a relative efficiency. Then two biological control programs have been deployed completing the action of native natural enemies especially for P. myricae. The result was a very satisfactory control of both whitefly species, to a point that they almost disappeared from orchards for about 30 years. In 2017, a third whitefly species, identified as Dialeurodes citri, was observed during a prospection in citrus orchards in Takelsa region (Cap-Bon). It was a common species in Algeria, but never caused damage in Tunisia. In 2020, D. citri was found again with very high population densities in the regions of Menzel Bou Zelfa (Cap-Bon) and Tunis. These observations confirmed its change of status and spread in Tunisia. The main morphological and biological traits to distinguish between D. citri and the other two whitefly species, already recorded in Tunisia, were described and first observations on its infestation were reported. Some recommendations to manage this new pest are given.

STORAGE STABILITY OF FARM-STORED RAPESEED AND BARLEY

1977 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. N. SINHA ◽  
H. A. H. WALLACE
Keyword(s):  
Tribolium Castaneum ◽  
Storage Stability ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Fungal Spores ◽  
Cryptolestes Ferrugineus ◽  
Pest Infestation ◽  
Storage Fungi ◽  
Aspergillus Glaucus ◽  
Cheyletus Eruditus ◽  
Reduced Temperature

Rapeseed was more vulnerable than barley to pest infestation when 46 and 52 t, respectively, were stored in farm bins in Manitoba during 1973–76. The fat acidity of unheated barley did not increase in 3 yr, but that of rapeseed increased by 65% in the 1st yr and 120% by the 3rd yr; in a small heated pocket of rapeseed, fat acidity rose in the 3rd yr by 1,000%. Cladosporium was the major field fungus of rapeseed and Alternaria of barley. Penicillium and members of Aspergillus glaucus group were the major storage fungi associated with rapeseed. Unlike barley, rapeseed was heavily infested by grain mites, Acarus immobilis, Glycyphagus destructor, and their predators, Blattisocius keegani and Cheyletus eruditus. Test insects, Cryptolestes ferrugineus and Tribolium castaneum, introduced in both bins, could not overwinter. Turning of both crops in the spring reduced temperature and moisture differences between the warm center and cooler edges, but it also dispersed fungal spores and mites throughout the bulks. A succession of storage fungi developed in a rapeseed hot spot, caused by moisture leaking through the wall. Occurrence of A. candidus coincided with germination loss of rapeseed. High CO2 concentration (4%) for over a 9-mo period was found in the hot spot in the rapeseed bulk.

VULNERABILITY OF COMMON WHEAT CULTIVARS TO MAJOR STORED-PRODUCT BEETLES

1988 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. N. SINHA ◽  
C. J. DEMIANYK ◽  
R. I. H. McKENZIE
Keyword(s):  
Common Wheat ◽  
Sitophilus Oryzae ◽  
Insect Species ◽  
Rhyzopertha Dominica ◽  
Kernel Hardness ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Wheat Cultivars ◽  
Major Species ◽  
Oryzaephilus Mercator ◽  
Exploratory Experiment

Vulnerability of seven common wheat cultivars to nine major species of stored-product beetles was determined in two experiments by measuring multiplication rates on whole and crushed seeds at 30 °C and 70% relative humidity for 12 wk. Susceptibility of a cultivar to an insect was assumed to be proportional to the multiplication of that insect. Vulnerability of cultivars varied considerably depending on the insect species infesting the seed. Whole seeds generally were less susceptible to insects than crushed seeds, except for Sitophilus spp. and Rhyzopertha dominica. In the first exploratory experiment using three cultivars and nine insect species, whole seeds of Norstar, HY320 and Neepawa were least susceptible to Tribolium audax and Oryzaephilus mercator, and most susceptible to Sitophilus oryzae and R. dominica. In the second experiment using six cultivars and six insect species, susceptibility of whole seeds appeared to be related to the kernel hardness of a cultivar with Glenlea and Neepawa being least susceptible to infestation by Cryptolestes ferrugineus, O. surinamensis, T. castaneum and T. confusum. Kernel hardness either did not affect or slightly affected the multiplication rates of Sitophilus spp. and R. dominica. Generally, soft wheat cultivars grown in western Canada are at a greater risk of postharvest insect damage than are the hard red spring cultivars; HY320 which is intermediate in kernel hardness may be prone to greater insect infestation.Key words: Wheat, Norstar, HY320, stored-product beetles

The Progress of Nymphal Development in Pest Grasshoppers (Acrididae) of Western Canada

1963 ◽  
Vol 95 (11) ◽  
pp. 1210-1216 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. G. Putnam
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Maturity ◽  
Good Chance ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Grasshopper Species ◽  
Nymphal Development ◽  
Complete Development ◽  
The Third ◽  
Successful Reproduction ◽  
The Times

AbstractEach of the three grasshopper species, Camnula pellucida, Melanoplus bilituratus and M. bivittatus, spent approximately 13, 17, 19, 22 and 29% of total time in nymphal development in the successive five instars. These proportions appeared similar at each of the six rearing temperatures 75, 80, 85, 90, 95 and 100°F. The times required for total nymphal development at these temperatures were 53, 36, 28½, 23½, 18 and 17 days, respectively. It was estimated that, for the grasshoppers to complete nymphal development and attain sexual maturity in time to have a reasonably good chance of successful reproduction, their integrated temperature experience for 12-hour days should be not less than 95°F. Whereas the apparent mid-point of nymphal development in terms of morphogenesis is midway through the third instar in the typical five-instar grasshoppers, the midpoint of time spent at constant temperatures is near the end of the third instar. C. pellucida appears unable to complete nymphal development at a temperature as low as 75°F.; the Melanoplus species, however, can complete development at this temperature, but with reduced survival.

THE EFFECT OF SAY STINKBUG FEEDING ON WHEAT

1945 ◽  
Vol 77 (11) ◽  
pp. 200-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. A. Jacobson
Keyword(s):  
Western Canada ◽  
Severe Damage ◽  
The Past ◽  
Seed Crops ◽  
Chlorochroa Sayi ◽  
New Pest

Say stinkbug, Chlorochroa sayi Stal, is a comparatively new pest of wheat and other seed crops in Western Canada. In the past ten years it frequently has caused severe damage to wheat in many localized areas.

scholarly journals Diversity of Feed Storage Pest Beetle in Banten Province

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Nasrul Friamsa ◽  
Witjaksono Witjaksono ◽  
Arman Wijonarko
Keyword(s):  
Tribolium Castaneum ◽  
Soybean Meal ◽  
Animal Feed ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Sitophilus Zeamais ◽  
Beetle Species ◽  
Cryptolestes Ferrugineus ◽  
Oryzaephilus Surinamensis ◽  
Corn Gluten Meal ◽  
Corn Gluten

Banten province is a growing industrial area, where many industrial items were prepared including animal feed whose raw materials are mostly imported from abroad. Therefore, monitoring feed storage is very important to ensure the existence of pest insects in storage warehouse and to prevent the entry of plant quarantine pest organism (OPTK) which may be carried by imported feed raw materials. The identification, diversity and evenness of pest beetle species in five feed storages in Banten province region have been done. Feed sampling was done using hand sampling method. Samples taken from the diagonal corner and center of storage, respectively as much as 250 grams four times within one-week interval. The results were that 13 species of pest beetles from seven families were intercepted. Cryptolestes ferrugineus, Rhizoperta dominica, and Tribolium castaneum pest beetles were the dominant insects attacking five storages. Specifically, the dominant pest beetles in each commodity were: T. castaneum on soybean meal (SBM); C. ferrugineus and T. castaneum on corn; T. castaneum and R. dominica on corn gluten meal (CGM); T. castaneum and Sitophilus zeamais on wheat; T. castaneum on soybeans; and Oryzaephilus surinamensis in sorghum. Environmental factors, the type and duration of stored commodities were found to be the factors supporting the existence of pest beetle species. The highest diversity of pest beetle varieties was found in warehouse A with a value of 1.552 which was considered as moderate diversity. The evenness index of pest beetle species showed that warehouses A and E were in unstable conditions. Meanwhile, the warehouses B, C, and D were in  depressed conditions dominated by certain species of pest beetle. IntisariProvinsi Banten merupakan daerah industri yang terus berkembang, termasuk industri pakan ternak yang bahan bakunya sebagian besar diimpor dari luar negeri. Oleh sebab itu, pengawasan terhadap gudang penyimpanan pakan sangat penting dilakukan untuk mengawasi keberadaan serangga hama pada gudang penyimpanan dan mencegah masuknya Organisme Pengganggu Tumbuhan Karantina (OPTK) yang mungkin terbawa bahan baku pakan yang diimpor. Identifikasi, keanekaragaman serta kemerataan jenis kumbang hama pada lima gudang penyimpanan pakan di wilayah Banten telah dilakukan. Pengambilan sampel bahan pakan menggunakan metode hand sampling. Sampel diambil pada bagian sudut dan bagian tengah secara diagonal masing-masing sebanyak 250 gram sebanyak 4 kali dengan interval waktu 1 minggu sekali. Hasil penelitian diperoleh 13 jenis kumbang hama dari 7 famili. Kumbang hama jenis Cryptolestes ferrugineus, Rhyzoperta dominica, dan Tribolium castaneum merupakan serangga yang dominan menyerang kelima gudang penyimpanan. Jenis kumbang hama yang dominan pada masing-masing komoditas adalah T. castaneum pada soybean meal (SBM); C. ferrugineus dan T. castaneum pada komoditas jagung; T. castaneum dan R. dominica pada corn gluten meal (CGM); T. castaneum dan Sitophilus zeamais pada gandum; T. castaneum pada kedelai; dan Oryzaephilus surinamensis pada sorgum. Faktor lingkungan, jenis dan lama komoditas yang disimpan merupakan faktor pendukung keberadaan suatu jenis kumbang hama. Indeks keanekaragaman jenis kumbang hama tertinggi ditemukan pada gudang A dengan nilai 1,552 menggambarkan keanekaragaman tergolong sedang. Nilai indeks kemerataan jenis kumbang hama menunjukkan bahwa gudang A dan gudang E termasuk dalam kondisi labil; sedangkan gudang B, C, dan D termasuk dalam kondisi tertekan dengan didominasi oleh jenis kumbang hama tertentu.

scholarly journals FERTILITY OF OFFSPRING OF A FORTY IN OUTSKRITS OF PAVLODAR

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4(54)) ◽  
pp. 4-10
Author(s):  
Natalia Evgenievna Tarasovskaya ◽  
Lyazzat Toksanovna Bulekbaeva ◽  
Ayaulym Arystanbai ◽  
Lena Meyramkhan
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Parental Behavior ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Reproduction Rate ◽  
Potential Danger ◽  
Northern Regions

In the article, the authors shared the results of their research on the fertility of the offspring of magpies, which are one of the most common species of synanthropic birds in the northern regions of Kazakhstan, including in Pavlodar and its environs. The authors attempt to reveal the main reasons for changes in the reproduction rate and population dynamics of magpies. It is concluded that the number and activity of enemies that destroy eggs and chicks in magpies can vary in different periods of the year. The purpose of their research was to analyze changes in the reproduction rate and the dynamics of the number of magpies for 2018-2019. The researchers note that the parental behavior of magpies in different birds is significantly different, often even polar opposites, and the work of the observer with the magpies ‘ nests can serve as a model of the situation when the offspring is threatened by potential danger.

Effects of red versus white wheat bran on rate of growth and feeding of some stored-product beetles

2000 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 661-663
Author(s):  
Noel D. G. White ◽  
Colin J. Demianyk ◽  
Paul G. Fields
Keyword(s):  
Spring Wheat ◽  
Seed Coat ◽  
Wheat Bran ◽  
Sitophilus Oryzae ◽  
Rhyzopertha Dominica ◽  
Hard Red Spring Wheat ◽  
White Wheat ◽  
Stored Product Insects ◽  
Wood Boring ◽  
Insect Attack

The red pigment in the seed coat of hard red spring wheat is produced by phenolics. Most of the wheats grown in western Canada are hard red spring varieties; however cultivars with a whiter seed coat are being developed for their better milling and baking attributes. Because phenolics serve to protect some plants against insect attack, we compared the susceptibility of white and red spring wheat to attack by stored-product insects. Tenebrio molitor (Tenebrionidae) larvae reared on red wheat bran gained less weight than larvae reared on white wheat bran but this insect has a long developmental period and does not attack sound grain. Tribolium castaneum (Tenebrionidae) pupal weights were not affected by the type of wheat milled products on which the larvae fed. A feeding bioassay showed that red bran did not act as an antifeedant for T. molitor, T. castaneum, or Sitophilus oryzae (Curculionidae). However, it acted as a feeding stimulant for Rhyzopertha dominica (Bostrichidae), which is related to wood-boring insects. It is unlikely that white wheat in storage would be more prone to insect damage than red wheat. Key words: Bran, colour, wheat, phenolics, stored-product insects

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