Aphids As Plant Pests From Biology To Green Control Technology

Author : Julian Chen,Leornardo Abdiel Crespo Herrera,Frédéric Francis
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832542941

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Aphids as Plant Pests: From Biology to Green Control Technology by Julian Chen,Leornardo Abdiel Crespo Herrera,Frédéric Francis Pdf

Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) are one of the most important and destructive agriculture pests causing serious economic losses by both nutrient robbing and transmitting plant viruses. 100 species of Aphididae have exploited the agricultural environment successfully to the extent that they are of significant economic importance, among them 15 aphid species of most agricultural importance. Aphids are piecing-sucking insect pests with the mouthparts (stylets) to penetrate plant cells to feed phloem sap from sieve elements. The feeding process of aphids is similar to pathogen infestation, and plenty of evidence demonstrate that the interplay between aphid and host plants follows the pathogen-plant Zigzag model. During the process of probing and feeding, aphids, like plant pathogens, secreted some salivary proteins as effectors (or elicitors) into their host plants cell intercellularly and intracellularly to mediate aphid-plant interactions, such as eliciting or suppressing plant defense responses. Aphids also vector plant viruses, and the relationship between each organismal pair affects the overall outcome of this biological interaction. Aphids contained endosymbionts, and the symbionts influence interaction between the aphids and their host plants and between aphids and their natural enemies, further impacting this network of biological interactions. Advances in understanding aphids biology, and these interactions at the physiological, molecular, and ecological levels will provide fundamental knowledge, and develop novel green control strategies for insect pests as well as vector pathogens.

Author : A. K. Minks,Paul Harrewijn,P. Harrewijn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Aphididae
ISBN : UOM:39015015139945

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Aphids by A. K. Minks,Paul Harrewijn,P. Harrewijn Pdf

Author : Andreas Vilcinskas
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781482236781

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Biology and Ecology of Aphids by Andreas Vilcinskas Pdf

Most people know of aphids as garden pests, infesting the soft green tissues of plants in vast numbers and killing them by sucking out the sap. Indeed, among the 4000 or so known species of aphids about 250 are pests, and in temperate regions several are economically important agricultural pests that damage crops directly during feeding or act as vectors for plant pathogens. But aphids are also important model organisms in evolutionary biology and ecology because they combine a number of unique features such as complex life cycles involving the development of morphological distinct phenotypes (polyphenism), sexual and asexual reproduction strategies and changes of host plants. Aphids can also be regarded as holobionts because they are colonized by obligate and facultative microbes which enable them to feed exclusively on phloem sap and influence their resistance against pathogens, parasitoids or environmental stress. This book combines fundamental information about aphids with chapters addressing state-of-the-art research in topics such as aphid-related phylogeny, genome biology, epigenetics and chemical ecology.

Author : P. G. Fenemore
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781483182865

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Plant Pests and Their Control by P. G. Fenemore Pdf

Plant Pests and Their Control covers all phases of the science of applied entomology. It aims to provide students, practicing agriculturalists and horticulturalists, and other interested persons with a basic introduction to insects as living organisms and to the principles and practice of pest control. This book is organized into 13 chapters that deal with topics essential to the training and continuing education of agriculturalists and horticulturists. These include the types of harmful and beneficial insects; the types of predators, parasites and pathogens and attack specific plants; the concept, principles and practices of pest management; and the information required when dealing with a pest problem. This volume also provides a catalog of insecticides and acaricides. This book will be of interest to students, practicing agriculturalists and horticulturalists, and others interested in pest management.

Author : Helmut F van Emden,Richard Harrington
Publisher : CABI
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781780647098

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Aphids as Crop Pests, 2nd Edition by Helmut F van Emden,Richard Harrington Pdf

Aphids are among the major global pest groups, causing serious economic damage to many food and commodity crops in most parts of the world. This revision and update of the well-received first edition published ten years ago reflects the expansion of research in genomics, endosymbionts and semiochemicals, as well as the shift from control of aphids with insecticides to a more integrated approach imposed by increasing resistance in the aphids and government restrictions on pesticides. The book remains a comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on the biology of aphids, the various methods of controlling them and the progress of integrated pest management as illustrated by ten case histories.

Author : Dawn L. Reeves
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Aleyrodidae
ISBN : 1634825071

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Whiteflies and Aphids by Dawn L. Reeves Pdf

Whiteflies are one of the major insect pests of greenhouse production systems worldwide, feeding on a wide-range of greenhouse-grown horticultural crops. Whiteflies cause both direct damage by feeding on plant parts such as leaves as well as indirect damage by vectoring certain plant viral and bacterial diseases. In addition, since whiteflies feed within the phloem sieve tubes with their piercing-sucking mouthparts, they may excrete honeydew, a clear, sticky liquid that serves as a growing medium/food source for certain black sooty mould fungi. This book examines the biological control of whiteflies as well as aphids, which are serious pests of agricultural crops, particularly in cereal crops including winter wheat. Aphids induce stress to the wheat crop by damaging plant foliage, lowering the greenness of plants, and affecting productivity. Therefore, it is very important to monitor and prevent effectively wheat aphid for crop management. Additional chapters provide remote sensing data on aphid monitoring and prediction; and changes in the distribution of Russian wheat aphid biotypes in South Africa.

Author : Anthony Frederick George Dixon
Publisher : Hodder Education
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015001603284

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Biology of Aphids by Anthony Frederick George Dixon Pdf

Author : Pavel Kindlmann,A.F.G. Dixon,J.P. Michaud
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048186013

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Aphid Biodiversity under Environmental Change by Pavel Kindlmann,A.F.G. Dixon,J.P. Michaud Pdf

This book presents the results of recent research on aphid population dynamics and ecology relevant to current environmental changes resulting from global wa- ing. It incorporates a selection of the contributions presented at the International Symposium on Aphids in Fremantle, Australia, in October 2005, plus some ad- tional invited chapters. The objective was to incorporate the major issues in the ?eld and simultaneously create a closely interrelated and integrated volume. The ?rst chapter sets the scene. Kindlmann and Dixon present a critical review of existing models of aphid population dynamics, examine the biological assumptions that are incorporated in the models and present one of the latest models of aphid metapopulation dynamics. They conclude that natural enemies are unlikely to affect aphid population dynamics late in a season, but in some years may have an effect very early in the season, when aphid colonies are still small and predators might be able to reduce the numbers of colonies. The question, whether aphids will move to different locations, adapt to the change in conditions in their current habitat or go extinct is discussed by Ameixa. She concludes that the distributions of aphids are most likely to change, with the distribution of each species moving globally as their preferred habitat moves in response to changes in the climate, which may be more dif?cult than in the past because of habitat fragmentation and habitat loss.

Author : A.F.G. Dixon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401158688

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Aphid Ecology An optimization approach by A.F.G. Dixon Pdf

This second edition covers the evolution of aphids and their development in relation to specific plants, thoroughly revised and expanded since the first highly successful edition. Increasing knowledge of aphids has revealed that they are ideal organisms to use when studying many topical ecological issues.

Author : Jack E. Rechcigl,Nancy A. Rechcigl
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1999-09-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781439822692

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Biological and Biotechnological Control of Insect Pests by Jack E. Rechcigl,Nancy A. Rechcigl Pdf

Pest and disease management continues to challenge the agricultural community. The rise in new pest and crop problems juxtaposed with public concern over pesticide use and more stringent environmental regulations creates the need for today's agricultural producers to stay current with new technologies for producing quality crops profitably. Biological and Biotechnological Control of Insect Pests presents an overview of alternative measures to traditional pest management practices, utilizing biological control and biotechnology. The removal of some highly effective broad-spectrum chemicals, caused by concerns over environmental health and public safety, has resulted in the development of alternative, reduced risk crop protection products. These products, less toxic to the environment and easily integrated into biological control systems, target specific life stages or pest species. Predation - recognized as a suitable, long term strategy - effectively suppresses pests in biotechnological control systems. Biological and Biotechnological Control of Insect Pests covers these topics and more. It explores the current approaches in alternative solutions such as: biological control agents, parasites and predators, pathogenic microorganisms, pheromones, botanical insecticides, genetic control, genetic engineering of plants and biocontrol agents, and government regulations for biocontrol agents and recombinant DNA technology. This book will be a useful resource to entomologists, agronomists, horticulturists, and environmental scientists.

Author : R. Ridgway
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781468428711

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Biological Control by Augmentation of Natural Enemies by R. Ridgway Pdf

The protection of agricultural crops, forest, and man and his domestic animals from annoyance and damage by various kinds of pests remains a chronic problem. As we endeavor to improve pro duction processes and to develop more effective and acceptable tactics for achieving this protection, we must give high priority to all potentially useful techniques for the control and management of insects. Pest control is recognized as an acceptable and necessary part of modern agriculture. Methods employed vary greatly and tend to reflect compromises involving 3 determining factors: technological capability, economic feasibility, and social acceptability. How ever, these factors are also subject to change with time since each involves value judgments that are based on available information, cost, benefit considerations, the seriousness of the pest problem, and the political climate. Whatever method is chosen, energy resources continue to dwindle under the impact of increasing popu lation, and it is inevitable that greater reliance must be placed upon renewable resources in pest management. One alternative is the use of a pest management method that uses the energy of the pest's own biomass to fuel a self-perpetuating control system. The use of biological control agents for the control of pests has long been an integral part of the pest management strategy in crop production and forestry and in the protection of man and animals. The importance and unique advantages of the method are well recognized; numerous treatises deal with accomplishments and methodologies.

Author : Andrei Alyokhin,Silvia I Rondon,Yulin Gao
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323984140

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Insect Pests of Potato by Andrei Alyokhin,Silvia I Rondon,Yulin Gao Pdf

This fully revised and updated second edition of Insect Pests of Potato now includes an opening section with a basic overview of agronomic and economic issues as they relate to potato production. It also features a new section that reviews potato production, as well as problems caused by insect pests and solutions to these problems, in all major potato-growing regions of the world. Further, a new section discusses theoretical foundations of potato pest management and includes chapters on ecological theory, evolutionary theory, and a case study on their applications to elucidate differences between Eastern and Western populations of Colorado potato beetle in North America. There is also a new chapter on the foundations of integrated pest management and their applications in controlling insect pests. The sections on the biology of main pests and on control methods now feature the latest information, including emphasis on recent advances in molecular biology and genomics. Information on the use of dsRNA technology for pest control is also included, as are new chapters on potato ladybirds and on hemipterous pests other than aphids and psyllids. This second edition provides improved integration and logical connections among chapters and expanded geographic scope of coverage making it the ideal reference on the topic. Fully revised and updated with new sections on potato-growing regions and theoretical foundations of potato pest management using ecological theory, evolutionary theory and relevant case study insights Contains improved integration and logical connections among chapters, expanded geographic scope of coverage, and scientific advances Emphasizes recent advances in molecular biology and genomics, including the use of dsRNA technology for pest control

Author : Alfred George Wheeler
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0801438276

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Biology of the Plant Bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae) by Alfred George Wheeler Pdf

Plant bugs--Miridae, the largest family of the Heteroptera, or true bugs--are globally important pests of crops such as alfalfa, apple, cocoa, cotton, sorghum, and tea. Some also are predators of crop pests and have been used successfully in biological control. Certain omnivorous plant bugs have been considered both harmful pests and beneficial natural enemies of pests on the same crop, depending on environmental conditions or the perspective of an observer.As high-yielding varieties that lack pest resistance are planted, mirids are likely to become even more important crop pests. They also threaten crops as insecticide resistance in the family increases, and as the spread of transgenic crops alters their populations. Predatory mirids are increasingly used as biocontrol agents, especially of greenhouse pests such as thrips and whiteflies. Mirids provide abundant opportunities for research on food webs, intraguild predation, and competition.Recent worldwide activity in mirid systematics and biology testifies to increasing interest in plant bugs. The first thorough review and synthesis of biological studies of mirids in more than 60 years, Biology of the Plant Bugs will serve as the basic reference for anyone studying these insects as pests, beneficial IPM predators, or as models for ecological research.

Author : Paul DeBach,David Rosen
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1991-06-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521391911

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Biological Control by Natural Enemies by Paul DeBach,David Rosen Pdf

A concise account examining the historical background of biological control.

Author : David V. Alford
Publisher : Manson Publishing
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105032818523

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A Colour Atlas of Fruit Pests by David V. Alford Pdf

Introduction; earwigs and thrips; aphids, bugs, hoppers, psyllids and scale insects; beetles and weevils; flies; moths; sawflies, ants and wasps; mites; miscellaneous pests; parasites and predators; pesticides;list of plants; bibliography.