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Sampling, Surveillance and Forecasting of Insect Population for Integrated Pest Management in Sericulture

  • Singh, R.N.;Maheshwari, M.;Saratchandra, B.
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.17-26
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    • 2004
  • Pest monitoring through field surveys and surveillance helps in forecasting the population build up of pest. It reduces the load of pesticides application and forms the basis of Integrated Pest Management in sericulture. Common sampling techniques for quantifying pest populations and damage caused by them are reviewed emphasizing the need for quick and simple sampling methods. Various direct and indirect sampling methods for establishing pest populations are discussed and methods have been discussed to use indirect sampling method under IPM programme in sericulture. The use of pheromone lures and traps forms one of the important ingredients of integrated pest management, which calls for integration of all available methods in a cost effective and environmental friendly manner offering consistent efficacy. Silk-worms feed on the variety of silk host plants and spin cocoons. Each silk host plant is attacked in the field by number of insect pest species. Several pests are common to mulberry, tasar, oak tasar, muga and eri host plant but pest status and seasonal abundance differs from each crop. The key pests are serious perennially occurring persistent species which cause considerable yield loss every year on large areas and require control measure. Regular occurrence of minor pest is noticed but sudden increase in its population is not known. The occasional pests are sporadic but potential causing sufficient damage. Silk losses due to attack of all the pests have not been calculated. However, information on pest biology and ecology, and control practices being practiced is available but the period of outbreak of major pests and predators on silkworms and its host plant needs to be reinvestigated. Pest and predators forecasting based on surveillance information may provide an opportunity to minimize the losses, particularly to reduce expenditure involved in pest management.

Chemical Control of Grape Phylloxera, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Homoptera: Phylloxeridae) and Its Damage in Grapevine Yards (포도뿌리혹벌레(Daktulosphaira vitifoliae)약제방제 효과 및 피해)

  • 김동순;조명래;나승용;이준호;전흥용;임명순;최용문
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.41 no.2
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    • pp.137-143
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    • 2002
  • Grape phylloxera, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae(Fitch), is a destructive grape insect pest because it forms root galls and kills the plant by directly destroying root system. The effects of insecticide treatments were examined to establish the chemical control system of phylloxera, and the damage by this insect was investigated in grapevine yards. The treatments of 40kg carbofuran 3GR per ha and carbosulfan 20WP of 10$\ell$ (1,000$\times$) per tree successfully reduced phylloxera densities. After the insecticide treatments in early season, the phylloxera population rebuilt up again at harvest season. In a grapevine yard where two times of carbofuran treatment (mid-May and post-harvest treatment) were applied a year from 1998 to 2000, total yield per ha in 2000 showed an increase of 30% over that of 1998. But the yield in 2000 was low 20% compared to the average standard yield of Korean grapevine yards. In a grapevine yard without chemical treatment during the same years, total yield per ha in 2000 showed 53% reduction compared to that of 1998. Also, damaged vines by phylloxera abruptly increased from 3% in 1998 to 50% in 2000.

Newly Introduced Insect Pest, American Serpentine Leafminer, Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in Korea (침입해충 아메리카잎굴파리(Liriomyza trigolii (Burgess))의 발생 보고)

  • 한만종;이승환;최준열;안성복;이문홍
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.309-314
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    • 1996
  • The American serpentine leafminer (ASL), Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess), was fist found from a vinyl house planting gerbera in Kwangju area on January 26, 1994. To learn its distribution and damage pattern on crop plants, a nationwide survey was carried out at 293 vinyl houses from 25 cities/counties in six provinces. Its damage was found at 22 vinyl houses in Kwangju and Chinju areas. The range of leaves damaged by the ASL was 5-100% on gerbera, 40-70% on chrysanthemum, 20% on cherry-tomato, and 5-20% on celery. Host crop plants included gerbera, chrysanthemum, celery, cherry-tomato, watermelon, and pumpkin.

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A study on investigation in damage sector of Wooden Cultural propertices-Housing Sin Keom Dang of MakokSa & Kim, Joo Tae's house (목조문화재 파손요인에 관한 연구-마곡사 심검당, 김주태 가옥)

  • Kim, Sa-Dug;Lee, Young-Hee;Yoon, Hee-Sang
    • 보존과학연구
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    • s.15
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    • pp.104-127
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    • 1994
  • Traditional architecture has structural limits after some terms because it almost made by wood elements. So in the name of 'Restoration', by anatural process, repair works are accomplished. But the repair works of traditional buildings have some problems in spite of best men power and technology. To overcome this problems, we need more detailed studies for examine the reasons of destruction in elements of wooden buildings. The life limits of wooden buildings are caused by natural circumstances and humanic circumstances, the former has bad effect on the damage in wooden buildings. There are various elements of damage in the wooden buildings, earthquake, the falling of a thunderbolt, fire, and rain, microorganism, insect, and so on. Moreover pollutions-sulfurous acid gas, acidorganic matters -are important reason of shortening the life of wooden buildings. From 1981 till now we investigated important traditional buildings under repair works by the way scientific analysis to catch the sample - seramics, woods, insects, metals, etc. In this reports we suggest various method of investigation with two samples of tradional house made by wood, one is Kim Joo Tea House, the order is Simgum-dang of Magok-Sa(dwelling of monk).

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An Integrated Approach in the Pest Management in Sericulture

  • Singh, R.N.;Saratchandra, Beera
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.141-151
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    • 2002
  • The success of sericulture industry in India is mainly attributed to the well-planned annual sericultural activity and the systematic implementation of pest preventive and control measures. The insect spectrum of silkworm and its food plants is complex and plays a major role in limiting the production of silk. Insects cause extensive damage to plant whereas predators and parasites either kill the silkworm larvae or force them to spin flimsy cocoons. Unilateral control measure against this pest is mainly based on the use of synthetic organic insecticides. Though these approaches initially paid rich dividends, the undesirable consequences soon surfaced. Insecticide induced resurgence of gall midges, leafhopper, leaf roller, secondary pest out breaks and development of pest biotypes has led to realization of Integrated Pest Management in sericulture. Various components of IPM, viz. Host plant resistance, cultural practices, biological control, chemical control and integrating them at various technological levels have been studied. Sources of host plant resistance have been identified for some of the major insect pests. High yielding mulberry variety has been propagated and their resistances towards major pests have been recorded. Cultural practices like pruning, pollarding, judicious use of nitrogen, optimum spacing and weed management have preyed to be the powerful tools in containing pests. Natural control over the pest population build- up exerted by the wide range of parasitoids, predators and pathogens has been well documented with identification of natural enemies and studies on their potential. Augmentation, through inoculation or inundative releases of parasitic arthropods, is the most direct way of increasing the numbers of these beneficials in sericulture.

Detection of Rice Stripe Virus using RT-PCR (RT-PCR에 의한 벼 줄무늬잎마름병 정밀진단)

  • Lee, Bong-Choon;Hong, Yeon-Kyu;Kwak, Do-Yeon;Oh, Byeong-Geun;Park, Sung-Tae;Kim, Soon-Chul
    • Research in Plant Disease
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.30-33
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    • 2004
  • Until now, occurrence of rice stripe virus (RSV) is limitted in southern part of Korea. However, recently the occurrence of RSV is increased and spreaded in central part of Korea including Chungcheong and Kyonggi province. It is very difficult to distinguish RSV symptoms on virus symptom physiological damage of rice. We detected RSV viral RNA from infected rice and its insect vector Laodelphax striatellus using specific primer of RSV-polymerase and coat protein gene with reverse transcription (RT)-PCR. The result of RT-PCR, we observed specific band including RSV-polymerase (1,,023 bp) and CP (969 bp) in both host of rice and insect vector.

Studies on the Bionomics of the Poplar and Willow Borer (Cryptorrhynchus lapathi Linne) (버들바구미 생태(生態)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究))

  • Kang, Jun Yoo
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.59-63
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    • 1971
  • In the light of the fact that Cryptorrhynchus lapathy Linne (Coleoptera: Cur-culionidae) is an important past of poplar in korea the Bionomics of the insect were studied to get some basic informations for controlling the insect. The results obtaind are as follows; 1. The poplar and willow borer has one generation in a year overwintering with egg. 2. The pupation stage was from the middle Julne to the middle July. 3. The adult appears from the early July to the middle August. 4. The average length of body of adult was about 8.5cm with female, 7.9cm with male and the length of pupa was about 11.3cm. 5. The average longevities of adults were about 30 days with mate and 40 days with female. 6. The length of damage hole were about 10.3cm. 7. The egg-laying period was from July to August.

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Residual Strength Estimation of Decayed Wood by Insect Damage through in Situ Screw Withdrawal Strength and Compression Parallel to the Grain Related to Density

  • OH, Sei Chang
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.49 no.6
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    • pp.541-549
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    • 2021
  • This paper reports a method to evaluate the residual strength of insect-damaged radiata pine lumber, such as the screw withdrawal strength as a semi-destructive method and a compression parallel to the grain test to assess the density changes after exposure to outdoor conditions. The screw withdrawal strength test was used as a semi-destructive method to estimate the residual density of decayed lumber. A compression parallel to the grain test was applied to evaluate the residual density. Three variables, such as the screw withdrawal strength, compression parallel to the grain, and residual density, were analyzed statistically to evaluate their relationships. The relationship between the residual density and screw withdrawal strength showed a good correlation, in which the screw withdrawal strength decreased with decreasing density. The other relationship between the residual density and compression parallel to the grain was also positively correlated; the compression parallel to the grain strength decreased with decreasing density. Finally, the correlation between the three variables was statistically significant, and the mutual correlation coefficients showed a strong correlation between the three variables. Hence, these variables are closely correlated. The test results showed that the screw withdrawal strength could be used as a semi-destructive method for an in situ estimation of an existing wood structure. Moreover, the method might approximate the residual density and compression parallel to the grain if supplemented with additional data.

Research Status and Future Subjects to Predict Pest Occurrences in Agricultural Ecosystems Under Climate Change (기후변화에 따른 농업생태계 내 해충 발생 예측을 위한 연구 현황 및 향후 과제)

  • Jung, Jong-Kook;Lee, Hyoseok;Lee, Joon-Ho
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.368-383
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    • 2014
  • Climate change is expected to affect population density, phenology, distribution, morphological traits, reproduction and genetics of insects, and even in the extinction of insects. To develop novel research subjects for predicting climate change effect, basic information about biological and ecological data on insect species should be compiled and reviewed. For this reason, this study was conducted to collect the biological information on insect pests that are essential for predicting potential damage caused by insect pests in future environment. In addition, we compared domestic and foreign research trends regarding climate change effect and suggested future research subjects. Domestic researchers were rather narrow in the subject, and were mostly conducted based on short-term monitoring data to determine relationship between insects and environmental variables. On the other hand, foreign researches studied on various subjects to analyze the effect of climate change, such as changes in distribution of insect using long-term monitoring data or their prediction using population parameters and models, and monitoring of the change of the insect community structure. To determine change of the phenology, distribution, overwintering characteristics, and genetic structures of insects under climate change through development of monitoring technique, in conclusion, further researches are needed. Also, development of population models for major or potential pests is important for prediction of climate change effects.

Control Efficacy of Fungicide Injection on Oak Wilt in the Field (살균제 나무주사를 이용한 참나무 시들음병 방제 효과)

  • Son, Su-Yeon;Seo, Sang-Tae;Park, Ji-Hyun
    • Research in Plant Disease
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.295-298
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    • 2014
  • Oak wilt caused by Raffaelea quercus-mongolicae was first noticed in South Korea in 2004 and, ever since, its distribution and damage have been increasing. To screen a fungicide effective for oak wilt control by tree injection, laboratory and field experiments were conducted. Ten fungicides and one antibiotic were examined in vivo for their effectiveness in restricting the growth of R. quercus-mongolicae and R. quercivora (Japanese oak wilt pathogen) isolates. To the Korean isolates of R. quercus-mongolicae, chlorothalonil showed the highest fungicidal effects, followed by benomyl and propiconazole. To the Japanese one, propiconazole was highest in the fungicidal effectiveness, followed by benomyl and bitertanol. Propiconazole was selected for field-testing of its control efficacy because it showed good fungicidal effects in vitro and systemic activity. The control efficacy in the field was 87.5% in the first year of injection and 66.7% in the second year, indicating the fungicidal effects last at least over one year.