the effect of four concentrations (0.5, 1, 2.5, and 5 mg/lit) of two insect growth regulators ‎‎(igrs) of buprofezin and pyriproxifen on 1 and 4-day eggs, different nymphal instars, and ‎pupae of trialeurodes vaporariorum (homoptera: aleyrodidae), was studied at 26 ± 2 °c, 80 ± ‎‎5% rh, and 16: 8 (l: d) on lantana camara in the greenhouse. the effect of both igrs was ‎positively related to incr...

Matsucoccus matsumurae (Kuwana) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Matsucoccidae) is an invasive alien species and a destructive pest of two native Chinese pines, Pinus tabulaeformis Carr. and P. massoniana Lamb., throughout the eastern regions of China. The pathogenicity of three entomopathogenic fungi, Lecanicillium lecanii strain V3.4504 and V3.4505, Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti strain HEB01 and Lecanic...

spot blotch caused by bipolaris sorokiniana is a serious disease of barley in western canada. it has become the predominant barley leaf spot disease in the province of manitoba, canada, since 2001. a new pathotype of b. sorokiniana with virulence on seedlings of ‘resistant’ six-rowed barley cultivars grown in manitoba was recently identified. to determine the adult plant infection response of b...

Stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) are polyphagous pests that disperse from woodland habitats into crops following food availability. Black cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrh.; Rosaceae) is common in the southeast US. In this 3-yr study, our principal objective was to determine if black acts as a reproductive host well source of for stink adjacent Georgia, USA. Each yr, trees were examined visually...

The location of midgut bacteria relative to meconial peritrophic membranes (MPMs) and changes in bacterial numbers during midgut metamorphosis were studied in Anopheles punctipennis (Say), Culex pipiens (L.), and Aedes aegypti (L.) pupae and newly emerged adults. After adult emergence in Aedes, Anopheles, and most Culex, there were few to no bacteria in the midgut. In most newly emerged adult m...