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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"mass trapping"”.
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Field assessment of a sex attractant for control of grass grub, Costelytra zealandica (White)
… populations on small scale field plots by mass trapping male beetles using simple water traps baited with the synthetic sex attractant, Durez 12687. Populations were monitored before, during and after the trapping period by sampling the subterranean eggs, larvae and adults. Trapping …
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Non-chemical control of the Red-billed Quelea (Quelea Quelea) and use of the birds as a food resource
… cost. As an alternative control measure, the mass trapping of quelea and harvesting their chicks to use both as a source of protein and for income generation was investigated. Two traps using very large nets, based on designs used successfully to catch birds in Tunisia and the USA, failed with …
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Behavioural responses of cocoa mirids, Sahlbergella singularis Hagl and Distantiella theobroma Dist. (Heteroptera: Miridae), to sex pheromones.
… the potential for use of mirid sex pheromone trapping as an alternative, environmentally-acceptable method of managing the mirids. Based on the behavioural responses of the mirids to pheromones in traps, parameters were standardised for efficient performance of the traps. A range of five …
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE FOR THE INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF THE BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG HALYOMORPHA HALYS STÅL (HEMIPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE): BASIC REQUIREMENTS AND NEW KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITIONS TO SET UP THE NEW TOOL
… requires producing a high number of insects, and mass rearing for such a species is considered too complicated and expensive. To overcome this limitation, we evaluated a harvest, irradiation, and release strategy using wild overwintering adults. New live traps baited with high-load pheromones have …
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Attracting dark-eyed fruit flies, drosophila repleta (diptera: drosophilidae), in swine facilities using color and odor
Color and volatile preferences of Drosophila repleta were tested using sticky card and bottle traps. Species identity of D. repleta was confirmed using morphological characters; DNA COI sequence comparisons were inconclusive. Attraction to primary and secondary colors was tested with sticky cards …
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Unraveling the Vibrational Communication of Halyomorpha halys and the Insecticidal Impact on its Key Parasitoid Trissolcus japonicus: Implications for Integrated Pest Management and Biological Control
… use of vibrational playbacks for monitoring and mass trapping as control techniques. The diel pattern of vibrational communication of H. halys was studied in semi-field and laboratory conditions. The acquired knowledge on diel activity was then tested for sustainable control strategies by …
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Integrated pest management of the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar), in South Africa
… insect, determine the potential of semiochemical mass trapping, elucidate the efficacy of cultural and chemical control methods and establish economic thresholds for the banana weevil on Cavendish bananas in South Africa. Pest status of the insect is variable around the world, and may be …
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OPTIMIZING THE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF INVASIVE INSECTS: EVALUATING NATURAL ENEMY HOST SPECIFICITY, PREY BEHAVIOR, AND VIBRATIONAL COMMUNICATION
… could be employed to develop tactics for mass trapping or mating disruption. However, developing such strategies requires studying the substrate-borne vibration of the species in consideration. With the aim of characterizing the substrate-borne vibrational communication that mediates …