Soil applications of two neonicotinoid insecticides to control mealybugs (Pseudococcidae) in vineyards

Soil application of neonicotinoid insecticides for control of insect pests in wine grape vineyards.

BACKGROUND Soil application of systemic neonicotinoid insecticides can provide opportunities for long-term control of insect pests in vineyards, with minimal risk of pesticide drift or worker exposure. This study compared the effectiveness of neonicotinoid insecticides applied via irrigation injection on key early-season and mid-season insect pests of vineyards in the eastern United States. R...

Risks of neonicotinoid insecticides to honeybees

The European honeybee, Apis mellifera, is an important pollinator of agricultural crops. Since 2006, when unexpectedly high colony losses were first reported, articles have proliferated in the popular press suggesting a range of possible causes and raising alarm over the general decline of bees. Suggested causes include pesticides, genetically modified crops, habitat fragmentation, and introduc...

Neonicotinoid insecticides and bees

DNA markers to disentangle complexes of cryptic taxa in mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

1 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR 1301, INRA/UNSA/CNRS, Sophia-Antipolis, France 2 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Unité Expérimentale de Lutte Biologique, Sophia-Antipolis, France 3 LNPV Montpellier, Campus International de Baillarguet, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France 4 Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária de Minas Gerais, EPAMIG, Lavras, Brazil 5 Embrapa Uva e Vinho,...

The mealybugs of southern Iran (Hem.: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae)

فون شپشک‌های آرد آلود جنوب ایران (استان‌های سیستان و بلوچستان، هرمزگان، بوشهر، خوزستان و فارس) برای بسیاری از شپشک شناسان ناشناخته می‌باشد. در این تحقیق، 17 گونه شپشک آردآلود و گیاهان میزبان آنها معرفی می‌گردد.Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green)، Nipaecoccus viridis (Newstead) و Planococcus ficus (Signoret) از آفات مهم و Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell)، Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell)و Planococcus v...