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Anhedobia capucina (Reitter, 1877) (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) New to Korea (한반도 미기록 고깔수염벌레(딱정벌레목: 표본벌레과)의 보고)

  • Sangwook Park;Hee-Wook Cho
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.62 no.1
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    • pp.29-31
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    • 2023
  • One Eucradinae beetle, Anhedobia capucina, belong to the family Ptinidae is reported in Korea for the first time. We provide the brief diagnosis, information and the photographic images of the species.

Screening of Plant Extracts and Identification of their Insecticidal Metabolites against Myzus persicae (복숭아혹진딧물 방제용 식물추출물 탐색 및 살충성분 구명)

  • Yang, Si young;Lim, Da jung;Kim, Yeo Hee;Kim, In Seon
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.125-134
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    • 2018
  • BACKGROUND: Green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) is an insect pest that significantly affects crop production. A number of pesticides have been used for aphid control, but their concerns on insect resistance and food safety have required alternative methods for pest management. In an effort to find for an alternative approach to aphid control, we screened plants extracts and examined their potentiality as insecticidal bio-resources. METHODS AND RESULTS: Two hundred and ninety eight plant extracts were examined for insecticidal activity against the aphid, and the best candidate among them was chosen for further study. The extracts from Cinnamomum camphora was determined to be the best candidate exhibiting insecticidal activity more than 60% at a level of $1,000{\mu}g/mL$. GC/MS analyses detected camphor, borneol, 4-terpineol, ${\alpha}$-terpineol and caryophyllene oxide as major compositions from the extracts obtained by hydrodistillation. Caryophyllene oxide exhibited the highest insecticidal activity with a $LC_{50}$ value of $237{\mu}g/mL$. Camphor lowered significantly the $LC_{50}$ value of caryophyllene oxide and increased largely its concentration in aphid, suggesting that camphor played a role in enhancing the insecticidal activity of caryophyllene oxide. CONCLUSION: This study suggested that camphor and caryophyllene oxide may be used as an insecticidal bio-resource for insect control against green peach aphid.

Identification of Entomopathogenic Fungus, Beauveria spp. F-101 Isolated from Thecodiplosis japonensis Using Internal Transcribed Spacer Sequence

  • Shin, Sang-Chul;Roh, Jong-Yul;Kim, Chul-Su;Park, Il-Kwon;Jeon, Mun-Jang;Je, Yeon-Ho
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.77-80
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    • 2004
  • For the development of the alternative control system against the major forest pests, Beauveria spp. F-101, isolated from a dead larva of Thecodiplosis japonensis, was selected because this isolate showed high pathogenicities against T. japonensis and Acantholyda parki. Beauveria spp. F-101 had irregular clustered conidio-phores and conidia borne on a distinctive apical zigzag extension, and it showed typical characteristic of the genus, Beauveria in morphology. For molecular based-identification, the ribosomal ITS region of Beauveria spp. F-101 was amplified with ITS1 and ITS4 primers, and cloned into pGEM- T Easy vector. The amplified PCR product was 569 bp in size and completely sequenced. The similarities of the cloned ITS sequence were 99 % and 97% to those of B. bassiana and B. brongniartii, respectively. In comparison to other species among the genus Beauveria, the ITS region of Beauveria spp. F-101 showed a similarity of 95% to B. amorpha, 95% to B. tenella, 89% to B. vermiconia and 69% to B. alba, respectively. In addition, in comparison to different genus, it had 95% similarities to Cordyceps militaris and 91% to Paecilomyces tenuipes. Accordingly, the current result suggests that Beauveria spp. F-101 was a variant of B. bassiana and it seems to be a new isolate considering sequence variation in ITS region.

Identification of a pr 1-like Gene of Entomopathogenic Fungus, Beauveria bassiana F-101 Isolated from Thecodiplosis japonensis

  • Shin Sang Chul;Roh Jong Yul;Shim Hee Jin;Kim Soon Kee;Kim Chul Su;Park Il Kwon;Jeon Mun Jang;Je Yeon Ho
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.131-136
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    • 2005
  • Beauveria bassiana F-101, which has high toxicity toward Acantholyda parki as well as Thecodiplosis japonensis, was an isolate to develop an alternative control system against the major forest pests. Up to now, in B. bassiana, only one pr1 gene has been isolated and characterized. Therefore, we here reported the identification of a pr1-like gene, which would be a factor of toxicity from B. bassiana F-101. The oligonucleotides for the amplification of the pr1-like gene, were chosen based on the conserved regions of the subtilisin family enzymes, pr1 genes of B. bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae, and proteinase K of Tritirachium album. The cloned PCR fragment had 1111 bp including 52 bp intron. The deduced Pr1-like peptide showed a low identity with Pr1s of entomopathogenic fungi such as B. bassiana Pr1 (BbPr1) and M. anisopliae Pr1 (MaPr1) as well as the proteinase K of T. album (TaPrK). Instead, the deduced peptide had a substantially high amino acid sequence identity $(>65\%)$ with the serine proteases of Magnaporthe grisea (MgSPM1) and Podospora anserina (PaPspA). These results, therefore, appear to suggest that the putative Pr1-like peptide of B. bassiana F-101 belongs to the subtilisin-like serine protease family and may be a novel gene.

A Review for Non-linear Models Describing Temperature-dependent Development of Insect Populations: Characteristics and Developmental Process of Models (비선형 곤충 온도발육모형의 특성과 발전과정에 대한 고찰)

  • Kim, Dong-Soon;Ahn, Jeong Joon;Lee, Joon-Ho
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.56 no.1
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    • pp.1-18
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    • 2017
  • Temperature-dependent development model is an essential component for forecasting models of insect pests as well as for insect population models. This study reviewed the nonlinear models which explain the relationship between temperature and development rate of insects. In the present study, the types of models were classified largely into empirical and biophysical model, and the groups were subdivided into subgroups according to the similarity of mathematical equations or the connection with original idea. Empirical models that apply analytical functions describing the suitable shape of development curve were subdivided into multiple subgroups as Stinner-based types, Logan-based types, performance models and Beta distribution types. Biophysical models based on enzyme kinetic reaction were grouped as monophyletic group leading to Eyring-model, SM-model, SS-mode, and SSI-model. Finally, we described the historical development and characteristics of non-linear development models and discussed the availability of models.

Study on Chestnut Insect Pests by Environmentally Friendly Controls in Korea (친환경적 밤 종실해충 방제 연구)

  • Lee, Chong-Kyu
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.48 no.1
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    • pp.95-100
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    • 2009
  • This study was conducted to develop environmentally friendly control techniques to reduce chestnut insect pests. The study sites were selected in intensive chestnut orchards of Jinju city, Gyeongnam province. In early and middle-ripening cultivars of chestnut tree, the damage of chestnut fruits by Dichocrocis punctiferalis was significantly lower in wromstop than other treatment such as wromstop+wood vinegar, Capture-machine (p<0.05), While there was no significant difference among treatments in late-ripening cultivars. The hight control effect for D. punctiferalis was showed the highest in wromstop treanment with 40.49% and 41.89% in early and late-ripening cultivars. The control effects for Curculio sikkimensis in late-ripening cultivars of chestnut tree were 34.59% in wromstop imidacloprid treatment and 28.94% in air control treatment.