Mating disruption of <i>Homalodisca vitripennis</i> (Germar) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) by playback of vibrational signals in vineyard trellis

Krugner, Rodrigo; Gordon, Shira D.

doi:10.1002/ps.4930

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“…In further experiments conducted in semi-field trials, the continuous transmission of this signal into grapevine plants by electromagnetic transducers significantly reduced mating success of S. titanus (Eriksson et al 2012;Polajnar et al 2016). A similar method has been tested in laboratory (Gordon et al 2017;Mazzoni et al 2017a) and field (Krugner & Gordon 2018) to interfere with the mating communication of the glassywinged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis, vector of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa in California (Gordon et al 2017), and the green grapevine leafhopper Empoasca vitis (Nieri & Mazzoni 2018). Besides mating disruption, vibrational signals could be exploited as lures to attract the target insect into a trap.…”

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Vibrational communication and mating behavior of the meadow spittlebug Philaenus spumarius

Avosani¹,

Daher²,

Franceschi³

et al. 2020

entomologia

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Vibrational pest control techniques have been recently developed for several Hemiptera, suggesting that similar strategies could be applied to other species that emit vibrational signals. To evaluate the applicability of a control method for Philaenus spumarius, the vector of Xylella fastidiosa in olive orchards in Italy, we investigated its mating behavior and characterized the associated substrate-borne signals. The vibrational signals emitted by males and females were recorded with a laser vibrometer from the surface of a leaf. Male and female repertoires consisted each of three vibrational signals with distinct features. Pair formation begun with the calling signal of a receptive female and mating was accomplished when a vibrational duet was established and maintained until the male reached the female on the plant. Female calls and duets occurred only in trials conducted in September, while earlier in the season females emitted rejection signals to courting males. Intrasexual communication between males involved the emission of vibrational signals, whose role is still not clear. Playback trials with either a female or male calling signal elicited the emission of different vibrational signals by the tested males. Further experiments with playbacks are warranted to identify vibrational signals to be used for manipulating P. spumarius behavior and develop a future control method.

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Vibrational communication and mating behavior of the meadow spittlebug Philaenus spumarius

Avosani¹,

Daher²,

Franceschi³

et al. 2020

entomologia

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“…H. vitripennis was chosen because it is a common grapevine pest in California, transmitting a bacterium, Xylella fastidiosa , which can kill the grapevine in 2−3 years post-infection. Recent research has characterized H. vitripennis signals (Nieri et al 2017) and has shown that playback of female signals is sufficient to disrupt mating both in the laboratory (Gordon et al 2017) and in the field (Krugner and Gordon 2018). Methods were established to match the amplitude of natural signals with those of synthetic signals used in playback experiments (Krugner and Gordon 2018; Fig.…”

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Transmission of the frequency components of the vibrational signal of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis, within and between grapevines

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The agricultural pest, Homalodisca vitripennis , relies on vibrational communication through plants for species identification, location, and courtship. Their vibrational signal exhibits a dominant frequency between 80 and 120 Hz, with higher frequency, lower intensity harmonics occurring approximately every 100 Hz. However, previous research revealed that not all harmonics are recorded in every signal. Therefore, how the female H. vitripennis vibrational signal changes as it travels through the plant was investigated. Results confirmed that transmission was a bending wave, with decreased signal intensity for increasing distance from the source; moreover, at distances of 50 cm, higher frequencies traveled faster than lower frequencies, suggesting that dispersion of H. vitripennis signal components may enable signaling partners to encode distance. Finally, H. vitripennis generates no detectable airborne signal (pressure wave), yet their low vibrational frequency components are detectable in neighboring plants as a result of leaf-to-air-to-leaf propagation. For instance, with isolated key female signal frequencies, 100 Hz was detected at a 10 cm gap between leaves, whereas 600 Hz was detectable only with a 0.1 cm gap. Together, these results highlight the complexity of vibration propagation in plants and suggest the possibility of the animals using the harmonic content to determine distance to the signaling H. vitripennis source. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s00359-019-01366-w) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…This strategy was successfully tested in different hemipterans, such as Cicadellidae, Delphacidae, Liviidae and Triozidae, using natural (e.g., disruptive, rival or female signals) or artificially synthesized (ex. white noise, pure tone) vibrations [ 17 , 18 , 19 , 23 , 24 , 42 , 43 , 44 ]. The general pattern observed in these studies suggests that mating disruption could be achieved by interference in communication, which reduces signal emission and the probability of pair formation.…”

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“…The use of a mating disruption strategy at the present stage of technology seems to be more complicated in crops in large areas. This is the case of soybean in Brazil and other countries [ 15 ], compared with previously studied systems such as those described for vineyard pests, that use an electromagnetic vibrator coupled to the wires used to support the plants [ 18 , 20 , 22 , 43 ] and for D. citri , where disturbing synthetic female responses are played back with a microcontroller piezo buzzer platform after detecting a male calling [ 23 , 24 ]. However, the combined use of sex pheromones and disrupting signals could be used in a mating disruption strategy in extensive crop areas.…”

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Inhibitory Copulation Effect of Vibrational Rival Female Signals of Three Stink Bug Species as a Tool for Mating Disruption

Dias

Borges

Moraes

et al. 2021

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Stink bugs are major pests in diverse crops around the world. Pest management strategies based on insect behavioral manipulation could help to develop biorational management strategies of stink bugs. Insect mating disruption using vibratory signals is an approach with high potential for pest management. The objective of this work was to investigate the effect of conspecific female rival signals on the mating behavior and copulation of three stink bug species to establish their potential for mating disruption. Previously recorded female rival signals were played back to bean plants where pairs of the Neotropical brown stink bug, Euschistus heros, and two green stink bugs, Chinavia ubica and Chinavia impicticornis were placed. Vibratory communication and mating behavior were recorded for each pair throughout the experimental time (20 min). Female rival signals show a disrupting effect on the reproductive behavior of three conspecific investigated stink bug species. This effect was more clearly expressed in E. heros and C. ubica than in C. impicticornis. The likelihood of copulating in pairs placed on control plants, without rival signals, increased 29.41 times in E. heros, 4.6 times in C. ubica and 1.71 times in C. impicticornis. However, in the last case, the effect of female rivalry signals in copulation was not significant. The effect of mating disruption of female rival signals of the three stink bug species may originate from the observed reduction in specific vibratory communication signals emitted, which influences the duet formation and further development of different phases of mating behavior. Our results suggest that female rival signals have potential for application in manipulation and disruption of mating behavior of stink bugs. Further work needs to focus on the effects of female rival signals used in long duration experiments and also their interactions with chemical communication of stink bugs.

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Mating disruption of Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) by playback of vibrational signals in vineyard trellis

Cited by 29 publications

References 31 publications

Vibrational communication and mating behavior of the meadow spittlebug Philaenus spumarius

Vibrational communication and mating behavior of the meadow spittlebug Philaenus spumarius

Transmission of the frequency components of the vibrational signal of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis, within and between grapevines

Inhibitory Copulation Effect of Vibrational Rival Female Signals of Three Stink Bug Species as a Tool for Mating Disruption

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