Swine production is an important component of North Carolina’s agricultural economy. Cockroaches have long been recognized as important pests in swine production and severe infestations may contribute significantly to disease maintenance and transmission. However, management of cockroach populations is severely constrained by many factors including: cultural and production practices used at the...

This chapter provides an overview of insect trapping and interpretation of trap captures for stored-product protection in bulk grain, food processing, and retail environments. The use of traps for detection, monitoring, and population estimation requires considerable knowledge of insect biology and appropriate trap use. Trap use is essential for development of meaningful integrated pest managem...

Context. Significant resources are spent annually in New Zealand controlling pests to mitigate impacts on native biodiversity and agricultural production, but there are few reliable estimates of the benefits. Concerns have been expressed about inconsistent monitoringmethodologies, differing frequencies and intensities of control across organisations, and poor definition of desired outcomes. Aim...

Animal and plant population monitoring programs are critical for identifying species at risk, evaluating the effects of management or harvest, and tracking invasive and pest species. Nevertheless, monitoring activities are highly decentralized, which makes it difficult for researchers or conservation planners to get a good general picture of what real-world monitoring programs actually entail. ...

Climate change will markedly impact biology, population ecology, and spatial distribution patterns of insect pests because of the influence of future greenhouse effects on insect development and population dynamics. Onion maggot, Delia antiqua, larvae are subterranean pests with limited mobility, that directly feed on bulbs of Allium sp. and render them completely unmarketable. Modeling the spa...

In recent years the Golfing World has demanded aesthetically pleasing, pest free Golf Courses expecting increased quality of turf. During this period thoughts of how we affect our environment with the use of chemicals and materials has increased dramatically. Therefore Course Managers and Superintendents have adapted maintenance approaches to include options for pest management other than the o...

introduction: codling moth, cydia pomonella is one of the key pests of apple in khorasan razavi province which annually causes severe fruit damage to apple crop. there are several ways that are used to control and prevent injury to apple products in the world. the most successful and widespread use of pheromones has been in monitoring traps. mating disruption method by pheromones takes place wh...