Biology 12 september 2011 sublethal effects of ethylene bis dithiocarbamate fungicide mancozeb on development and reproduction of turnip moth agrotis segetum was investigated. Biological control by entomopathogenic nematodes epns is one of the alternatives to manage the turnip moth, agrotis segetum denis. A comparison of the efficacy of nuclear polyhedrosis and. Abstract the bogong and turnip moths are two species of the genus agrotis, similar in size, but different in life style. Under this heading are included abstracts of papers and books of interest to. Adoxophyes orana granulovirus agrotis ipsilon multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus agrotis segetum granulovirus agrotis segetum nucleopolyhedrovirus a agrotis segetum nucleopolyhedrovirus b antheraea pernyi nucleopolyhedrovirus anticarsia gemmatalis multiple. Testing of different insecticidal formulations against greasy surface caterpillar, agrotis ypsilon rott. Analysis of the agrotis segetum pheromone gland transcriptome in. Department of biology, science faculty of ankara university, 06100, be. The agroclimatic conditions are conducive for the production of offseason vegetables. Chitinbinding mistletoe lectin mchbl exhibits entomotoxic. Molecular characterization and expression profiles of. Agrotis segetum, sometimes known as the turnip moth, is a moth of the family noctuidae. Hong lei school of life sciences arizona state university.
Temperature dependent growth and mortality of agrotis segetum. Yang et al qsar study on the pheromone of the turnip moth agrotis segetum used as rdf descriptor 897 aceticyl with 12 to16 carbon atoms and have one or two double bonds. Pooles noctuidae should be an important part of any serious lepidopterists resources, not only as a check list, but also as a bibliography and as an example of how such a work should be prepared. Intraspecific nucleotide variation at the pheromone binding. Male and female noctuid moths attracted to synthetic lures. Taxonomic studies on indian the genus agrolis ochsenheimer. Nachrichtenblatt des deutschen pflanzenschutzdientstes. The numbers of these species caught in molasses troughs show that there is no regularity in their relative prevalence at a given season or in any one year, though f. A mechanism of acquired resistance against an entomopathogenic nematode by agrotis ipsilon feeding on perennial ryegrass harboring a fungal endophyte. Dynamic response to sex pheromone pulses in antennal lobe interneurons of the male turnip moth, agrotis segetum. Moth, agrotis segetum and paralogous pheromone receptor. Guirong wang, in progress in molecular biology and translational science, 2015. Mixed infections of insect larvae with different baculoviruses are occasionally found.
Agrotis segetum, bacterial flora, insecticidal activity. Purification and determination of the molecular structure of. Pheromone traps were used for adults sample collection, such as m. Cydia pomonella granulovirus adoxophyes orana granulovirus agrotis segetum granulovirus artogeia rapae granulovirus choristoneura fumiferana granulovirus clostera anachoreta granulovirus clostera anastomosis granulovirus a clostera anastomosis granulovirus b. Biological control potential of north west himalayan strains of. Novel fraction collector for studying the oviposition ryth in the turnip moth. Pdf the common cutworm agrotis segetum and the black cutworm agrotis ipsilon are. Discovery learning manual for cabbage pest management.
Biology, palak, agrotis segetum denis and schiffermuller. Biological control potential of north west himalayan strains. The biology of two closely related species of braconids, rogas pellucens tel. Agrotis segetum granulosis virus asgv agrotis segetum granulovirus. In the present study, we combine conventional analytical approaches with dna metabarcoding to identify pollen grains attached to migrating adults of the. Agrotis segetum occurs in open places and prefers only partly vegetated, warm and more dry sites such as fields, embankments, patches in gardens, sand pits or gappy grasslands. Thanaa mohammad sileem international atomic energy agency. Agrotis segetum nuclear polyhedrosis virus asnpv and granulosis virus asgv, propagated. Noctuidae to agrotis segetum nucleopolyhedrovirus and agrotis.
The turnip moth, agrotis segetum uses a series of homologous. Under this heading are included abstracts of papers and books of interest to lepidopterists. Cutworms were introduced to plots planted with lettuce, lactuca sativa l. Current advances in agricultural sciences international journal. They are of interest from an evolutionary as well as from a practical point of view when baculoviruses are applied as biocontrol agents. Office of the chief plant protection officer threat. Pollen grains are regularly used as markers to determine an insects movement patterns or host plant feeding behavior, yet conventional morphologybased pollen grain analysis or palynology encounters a number of important limitations. Lei h and hansson bs 1997 pulsed plant odors as orientation cues to plant source by turnip moth. Migration behavior of the turnip moth, agrotis segetum lepidoptera. Early authors pointed to dry summers as the trigger. From 1905 to present, cutworm outbreaks have caused substantial yield losses in north western nw europe. Biological control potential of north west himalayan. Alkyl ether and enol ether analogs of z5decenyl acetate. Variation in the potential distribution of agrotis ipsilon.
Results showed that the effect of cry1ab toxin on the biology of a. Transcriptional analysis of the pheromone gland of the. After planting and infection with cutworms the plots were treated with either n. Lacey l ed manual of techniques in insect pathology. Qsar study on the pheromone of the turnip moth agrotis. The lepidopteran stemborers busseola fusca fuller lepidoptera.
The larvae are generally grey, sometimes tinged with purple. Agrotis ipsilon gamma radiation mating comptativeness reproductive biology. However, imidacloprid activity is much more pronounced against earlyseason sucking pests, which attack the aerial parts of a wide range of crops. Collection of larvae in 2009, agrotis segetum larvae were collected from the soil of various tobacco fields. Here, we report mixedinfection studies of neonate larvae of the common cutworm, agrotis segetum, with two baculoviruses, agrotis segetum nucleopolyhedrovirus b agsenpvb and agrotis segetum granulovirus agsegv. The entomogenous nematode neoaplectana bibionis as a. In addition, chemical structures of some pheromones of coleoptera and orthoptera have been identified, but only show slight differences. Higher concentrations of imidacloprid are necessary to control reticulitermes flavipes 7 ppm and agrotis segetum 20 ppm.
A new entomopathogenic nematode species from turkey. Pdf comparative study on the susceptibility of cutworms. Guide to preparing scientific illustrations in entomology on an example of ichneumonidae hymenoptera. E in the bohai strait, where is an immigration during mayjune and emigration during augustoctober pathway for the seasonal migration longdistance movement of many insect species between northeastern region and southerncentralnorthern. Pdf textbook of agricultural entomology,pests and their. A new study on the bacteria of agrotis segetum schiff. Characterization of the ocelli of the migratory bogong moth. Journal of theoretical biology 245 2007 141149 fig. Mortality of cutworm larvae is not enhanced by agrotis. Cutworms accordingly are serious pests to gardeners in general, but to vegetable and grain farmers in particular. The worlds literature is searched systematically, and it is intended.
It provides guidelines for steps to be undertaken and considered when developing a response plan to this pest. Here, we report mixedinfection studies of neonate larvae of the common cutworm, agrotis segetum, with two baculoviruses, agrotis segetum nucleopolyhedrovirus b agsenpvb. Moth, agrotis segetum and paralogous pheromone receptor genes. Quantitative analysis of sexpheromone coding in the.
Jan 30, 2008 the turnip moth, agrotis segetum, has a multicomponent pheromone, consisting of at least four components derived from palmitic and stearic acid. Intraspecific nucleotide variation at the pheromone. The possibility that the ambient temperature could be used to preadapt the eye to different light intensities is discussed. Media in category agrotis segetum the following 93 files are in this category, out of 93 total. Moth, agrotis segetum dandan zhang, christer lofstedt department of biology, lund university, lund, sweden abstract lepidopteran pheromone receptors prs, for which orthologies are evident among closely related species, provide an intriguing example of gene family evolution in terms of how new functions may arise. By applying quantitative pcr qpcr analysis, coinfections of individual larvae were demonstrated, and occlusion body ob. Male and female noctuid moths attracted to synthetic lures in. Office of the chief plant protection officer threat specific.
Cocoon of ophion luteus ex agrotis exclamationis aldbury, herts. Entomological station of the astrachan society of fruitgrowing, gardening, marketgardening and field cultivation, astrachan, 17 pp. This page was last edited on 8 december 2014, at 03. Abstract the bogong and turnip moths are two species of the genus agrotis, similar in. Agrotis segetum is one of the most important species of noctuid moths whose larvae are called cutworms. Biology of turnip moth, agrotis segetum journal of entomology and. Xiu2 1 key laboratory of marine bioresources restoration and habitat reparation in liaoning province, dalian ocean university, dalian 116023, p. In field tests in europe, traps baited with a blend of isoamyl alcohol, acetic acid, and isobutanol compounds previously found attractive to a number of noctuids in north america caught the following noctuid moths. Characterization of the ocelli of the migratory bogong moth agrotis infusa in comparison to the nonmigratory turnip moth agrotis segetum vaduva, denis bion01 20152 degree projects in biology. Characterization of the ocelli of the migratory bogong. In order to test a previous conclusion that chainelongated analogs of z5decenyl acetate1, a pheromone component of the turnip moth, agrotis segetum, adopt a loop conformation of the terminal alkyl chain in the bioactive conformation, a series of alkyl ether and enol ether analogs of1 and z5dodecenyl acetate2 have been synthesized and tested using singlecell electrophysiology. Typical venation has been described in the case of agrotis segetum schiff.
Nauen, in comprehensive molecular insect science, 2005 5. Quantitative analysis of sexpheromone coding in the antennal. Effects of bt maize on agrotis segetum lepidoptera. Note that the cutworm mode of feeding is only one version of a strategy of avoiding predators and parasitoids by day. They attack the roots and lower stems of a huge range of plants see list below and can be a particularly serious pest of root vegetables and cereals. To assess the risk of damage by this moth, we used the climex model to predict the distribution of a. Class insecta, order lepidoptera, family noctuidae, genus agrotis. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Purification and determination of the molecular structure. Mchbl exhibited proteinase inhibitory and chitinase activities and affected larval development and survival at different growth stages. V venkateswarlu, j sridhar, baswaraj r, jeevalatha a, kamlesh malik, anuj bhatnagar, neelam kumari, sanjeev sharma, m nagesh, bp singh and sk chakrabarti. The rate of adults successfully emerging from pupae fed on mchbl was from 5% to 33%, when incorporated into an artificial diet at a level of 0.
Pdf appetitive flight patterns of male agrotis segetum. Noctuidae is a polyphagous moth species that mainly damages various crops and ornamental plants. Agrotis segetum in potato in relation with abiotic factors. This widely distributed pest is particularly a nuisance in pakistan where it damages many crops, e. This contingency plan provides background information on the pest biology and available control measures to assist with preparedness for an incursion of turnip moth agrotis segetum. Observations in connection with an outbreak of cutworms agrotis spp. In another situation, poole omits the fact that agrotis texanus is a synonym of agrotis segetum. Different populations produce and respond to different pheromone blends, which makes this species an excellent model for research on genes and molecular mechanisms involved in moth pheromone production. The biology of felia agrotis exclamationis, l, and of euxoa agrotis segetum. Les parasites femelles trouvaient leurs hotes en suivant les matieres fecales des chenilles. For example, it has been suggested that in south africa for one, agrotis segetum is the second worst pest of maize.
Biological study on the cutworm, agrotis segetum schiff. Agrotis segetum moths were captured using searchlight traps at night on the 2. A soluble lectin was purified from the hemolymph of agrotis segetumby two methods, via affinity chromatography on. It is a common european species and it is found in africa and across eurasia except for the northernmost parts it is a cutworm in the genus agrotis, which possibly is the genus that includes the largest number of species of. Transcriptional analysis of the pheromone gland of the turnip. Collection of larvae in 2009, agrotis segetum larvae were collected from the soil of various tobacco fields in the black sea region of turkey. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Messenger rna coding for pbp sequence in agrotis segetum noctuidae was cloned, and nucleotide and inferred amino acid variation across a 769. It was found that the larvae passed through 57 instars in both generations. Stocks of agrotis segetum nucleopolyhedrovirus b agsenpvb and agrotis segetum granulovirus agsegv, which originated from the virus collection of horticulture. Noctuidae is one of the most serious pests of nearly all vegetables in turkey. The number of precipitation days and the july temperature proved to be important, and in experiments, moist soil caused considerable mortality.
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