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Insect Sensory Ecology and Applications for Pest Management
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Insect Sensory Ecology and Applications for Pest Management

A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2020) | Viewed by 5954

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Jaime C. Piñero

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Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, 270 Stockbridge Rd, 207 Fernald Hall, Amherst, MA 01003-9286, USA
Interests: insect sensory ecology and behavior; integrated pest management; insect-plant interactions
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Dr. Cesar Rodriguez-Saona

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Philip E. Marucci Blueberry and Cranberry Research Center, Rutgers University, 125A Lake Oswego Rd., Chatsworth, NJ 08019, USA
Interests: insect chemical ecology; tri-trophic interactions; insect-plant interactions; integrated pest management

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Sensory ecology studies how organisms acquire, process, and respond to information from the environment. Herbivorous insects are faced with the challenging task of locating suitable resources by integrating or responding to an array of multi-sensory information associated with host and non-host plants and with the abiotic environment. Olfactory and visual cues are known to play major roles in host plant location by foraging insects. Furthermore, investigations that take the role of the sensory system into account in interactions with the environment and other organisms are key to the development of new, or the improvement of existing, pest management systems.

This Special Issue will include original research articles and reviews by leading research entomologists and associated experts in the area of insect sensory ecology. Articles will focus on the latest developments in visual, olfactory, and other sensory modalities used by insects to locate host plants and their applications in integrated pest management.

Dr. Jaime C. Piñero
Dr. Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Insects is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Vision
  • olfaction
  • stimuli
  • behavior
  • pest management
  • interactions
  • synergisms

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Contrasting Behavioral and Electrophysiological Responses of Eucryptorrhynchus scrobiculatus and E. brandti (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to Volatiles Emitted from the Tree of Heaven, Ailanthus altissima
by Xiaojian Wen, Kailang Yang, Jaime C. Piñero and Junbao Wen
Insects 2021, 12(1), 68; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/insects12010068 - 14 Jan 2021
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Eucryptorrhynchus scrobiculatus and E. brandti (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) are host-specific pests of Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle (Sapindales: Simaroubaceae), causing extensive damage to the host. There are no effective attractants available for pest management. The main aim of this study was to explore the role [...] Read more.
Eucryptorrhynchus scrobiculatus and E. brandti (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) are host-specific pests of Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle (Sapindales: Simaroubaceae), causing extensive damage to the host. There are no effective attractants available for pest management. The main aim of this study was to explore the role of host plant-derived volatiles in the behavioral response of both weevil species. In a field experiment, both weevil species showed positive response to phloem, and there was no preference for phloem associated with healthy or injured trees. Significantly more E. brandti adults responded to the olfactory treatments compared to E. scrobiculatus. In a large-arena experiment, both males and females of E. scrobiculatus significantly preferred phloem from the tree trunk while adults of E. brandti responded in significantly greater numbers to tree limbs than to any other parts of host. Females and males of E. scrobiculatus responded positively to all parts of host tested in the Y-tube bioassay, while E. brandti adults were only attracted by the phloem from healthy and injured trees. There were dissimilar electroantennographic responses to compounds such as 1-hexanol and (1S)-(−)-β-pinene between the two weevil species. This study represents the first report documenting behavioral and electrophysiological responses of E. scrobiculatus and E. brandti to volatiles from various parts of A. altissima and findings may aid efforts to develop attractants. Full article
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Wavelength-Specific Behavior of the Western Flower Thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis): Evidence for a Blue-Green Chromatic Mechanism
by Niklas Stukenberg, Markus Pietruska, Axel Waldherr and Rainer Meyhöfer
Insects 2020, 11(7), 423; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/insects11070423 - 09 Jul 2020
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The western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) is a serious pest in horticulture, feeding on leaf tissue and floral resources. Blue and yellow sticky traps are commonly used for monitoring and control in greenhouses. The mechanisms underlying the color preferences are largely [...] Read more.
The western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) is a serious pest in horticulture, feeding on leaf tissue and floral resources. Blue and yellow sticky traps are commonly used for monitoring and control in greenhouses. The mechanisms underlying the color preferences are largely unknown. The use of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) is a promising approach to increase the attractiveness of visual traps and to study the color choice behavior in insects. The color preferences of F. occidentalis were systematically investigated in a series of choice experiments with several LEDs from the ultraviolet (UV) and visible spectral range. Blue LEDs were most attractive, followed by green, while only a moderate attractiveness of UV was observed. Blue and green were identified as two separate attractive ranges. When light from blue and green LEDs was mixed, the attractiveness decreased compared to its single components. In conclusion, F. occidentalis exhibits two different wavelength specific behaviors towards blue and green. Compelling indications are provided that these behaviors are controlled by two photoreceptors maximally sensitive in the blue and green range with an inhibitory chromatic interaction between both. Since the known UV sensitive photoreceptor could be confirmed, a trichromatic photoreceptor setup is suggested for F. occidentalis. For advanced plant protection strategies, the results offer several opportunities to optimize monitoring or even develop mass trapping devices. Full article
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