Colorado Potato Beetle Resistance to Insecticides

Alyokhin, Andrei; Baker, Margaret; Mota-Sánchez, David; Dively, Galen P.; Grafius, E.

doi:10.1007/s12230-008-9052-0

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“…For instance, regular use of pesticides can result in the pest becoming resistant, thus making future management a more difficult task [8]. Another unwanted side effect is that the pesticide can have lethal or sub-lethal effects on natural enemies [158] which can cause a resurgence in the pest population or a secondary pest to emerge.…”

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Multiscale approach to pest insect monitoring: Random walks, pattern formation, synchronization, and networks

Petrovskii

Petrovskaya

Bearup

2014

Physics of Life Reviews

104

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Pest insects pose a significant threat to food production worldwide resulting in annual losses worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Pest control attempts to prevent pest outbreaks that could otherwise destroy a sward. It is good practice in integrated pest management to recommend control actions (usually pesticides application) only when the pest density exceeds a certain threshold. Accurate estimation of pest population density in ecosystems, especially in agro-ecosystems, is therefore very important, and this is the overall goal of the pest insect monitoring. However, this is a complex and challenging task; providing accurate information about pest abundance is hardly possible without taking into account the complexity of ecosystems' dynamics, in particular, the existence of multiple scales. In the case of pest insects, monitoring has three different spatial scales, each of them having their own scale-specific goal and their own approaches to data collection and interpretation. In this paper, we review recent progress in mathematical models and methods applied at each of these scales and show how it helps to improve the accuracy and robustness of pest population density estimation.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Multiscale approach to pest insect monitoring: Random walks, pattern formation, synchronization, and networks

Petrovskii

Petrovskaya

Bearup

2014

Physics of Life Reviews

104

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“…It is native to Colorado and Mexico [12]. With the passage of time Colorado potato beetle have become resistant to and dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane,other major pesticides classes [ 11,13]. Colorado potato beetle was also produced in large number by Germans during World War 2 to destroy enemy food sources [7].…”

Section: Colorado Potato Beetlementioning

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Insects as Biological Weapons

Chaudhry¹,

Malik²,

Hussain³

et al. 2018

J Bioterror Biodef

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This study was conducted at University of Gujrat during 2017 to 2018 as a term paper for Master of Philosophy. The data regarding use of Insects as Biological Weapons was reviewed and compiled as a review paper from various published articles of international reputed journals annual/environmental reports of recognized organization and e-books. Use of entomological weapons is a wide field of research. Insects were used as biological weapons from ancient times and this concept is very old. Different insects can be used for this purpose by different ways.

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“…Such human induced pressures on the environment, often contribute towards bio-diversity loss and affect the functioning of ecosystems [3][4][5]. Other major drawbacks which are not necessarily related, include; cancer related diseases for those handling such chemicals [6,7], increased consumer costs [8], poor efficiency in reaching targeted pests [9], pest resistance to regular use [10] and lethal effects on natural enemies [11], possibly leading to a resurgence of the pest population or a secondary pest to emerge. Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary pesticide application or risk of triggering pest outbreaks, accurate evaluation of population abundance is key [12].…”

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The “Lévy or Diffusion” Controversy: How Important is the Movement Pattern in the Context of Trapping?

Ahmed¹,

Petrovskii²,

Tilles³

2018

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Many empirical and theoretical studies indicate that Brownian motion and diffusion models as its mean field counterpart provide appropriate modelling techniques for individual insect movement. However, this traditional approach has been challenged and conflicting evidence suggests that an alternative movement pattern such as Lévy walks can provide a better description. Lévy walks differ from Brownian motion since they allow for a higher frequency of large steps, resulting in a faster movement. Identification of the 'correct' movement model that would consistently provide the best fit for movement data is challenging and has become a highly controversial issue. In this paper, we show that this controversy may be superficial rather than real if the issue is considered in the context of trapping or, more generally, survival probabilities. In particular, we show that almost identical trap counts are reproduced for inherently different movement models (such as the Brownian motion and the Lévy walk) under certain conditions of equivalence. This apparently suggests that the whole 'Levy or diffusion' debate is rather senseless unless it is placed into a specific ecological context, e.g. pest monitoring programmes.

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Colorado Potato Beetle Resistance to Insecticides

Abstract: The Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)

Cited by 411 publications

References 138 publications

Multiscale approach to pest insect monitoring: Random walks, pattern formation, synchronization, and networks

Multiscale approach to pest insect monitoring: Random walks, pattern formation, synchronization, and networks

Insects as Biological Weapons

The “Lévy or Diffusion” Controversy: How Important is the Movement Pattern in the Context of Trapping?

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Colorado Potato Beetle Resistance to Insecticides

Abstract: The Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)

Cited by 411 publications

References 138 publications

Multiscale approach to pest insect monitoring: Random walks, pattern formation, synchronization, and networks

Multiscale approach to pest insect monitoring: Random walks, pattern formation, synchronization, and networks

Insects as Biological Weapons

The &ldquo;L&eacute;vy or Diffusion&rdquo; Controversy: How Important is the Movement Pattern in the Context of Trapping?

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