Prevention of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and House Flies (Diptera: Muscidae) from Entering Simulated Aircraft with Commercial Air Curtain Units

Carlson, David A.; Hogsette, Jerome A.; Kline, Daniel L.; Geden, Chris; Vandermeer, Robert K.

doi:10.1093/jee/99.1.182

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“…We frequently observed this insect transfer as part of the routine care of tomato plants, including the excision of auxiliary buds. Unfortunately, the conventional method of using air curtaining or air projecting (Carlson et al, 2006) to blow insects off workers may be ineffective at removing whiteflies that typically cling to clothing. Isaacs et al (1999) reported that whiteflies can sense wind velocity and terminate take-off as the wind speed increases.…”

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Prevention of Whitefly Entry from a Greenhouse Entrance by Furnishing an Airflow-Oriented Pre-Entrance Room Guarded with Electric Field Screens

Nonomura¹,

Matsuda²,

Kakutani³

et al. 2014

JAS

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Two types of an electric field screen were used to exclude whiteflies from a greenhouse. Singly charged dipolar electric field screen had insulated conductor iron wires arrayed in parallel (ICW-layer), two earthed metal nets on both sides of the ICW-layer, and a direct current voltage generator. Screens were attached to the lateral windows of the greenhouse to repel whiteflies that approached the nets. To electrostatically guard the greenhouse entrance, doubly charged dipolar electric field screens (DD-screens) were used to capture whiteflies entering through the door. The ICWs, oppositely charged with equal voltages, were arrayed one after the other, and an insulator board or net was placed on one side of the ICW-layer. ICWs captured whiteflies entering an electric field of DD-screens. A small pre-entrance room was constructed at the entrance area, and three DD-screens (with yellow and gray board or gray net) were installed in the pre-entrance room taking into consideration the airflow inside the room, as most whiteflies were brought in by the air when the door was opened. Two DD-screens with the board were useful for directing the wind toward the wall into which the netted DD-screen was integrated. Insects were eliminated by this screen, and the pest-free air was circulated inside the greenhouse. The yellow-boarded DD-screen was highly attractive because of the photo-selective movement of the whiteflies and was effective for trapping the whiteflies when there was no wind. Our electrostatic method is effective at keeping the greenhouse pest-free throughout the entire period of tomato cultivation.

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Prevention of Whitefly Entry from a Greenhouse Entrance by Furnishing an Airflow-Oriented Pre-Entrance Room Guarded with Electric Field Screens

Nonomura¹,

Matsuda²,

Kakutani³

et al. 2014

JAS

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“…An alternative to the use of insecticides for disinsection that obviates the health concerns of current practices is the ''air curtain'' [USDOT, 2004;Carlson et al, 2006]. Air curtains direct air currents at a doorway to exclude insects, a procedure analogous to the use of a hand-held fan for fly control [USDOT, 2004].…”

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“…Air curtains direct air currents at a doorway to exclude insects, a procedure analogous to the use of a hand-held fan for fly control [USDOT, 2004]. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture have validated the concept that air barriers can effectively prevent the passage of flying insects into an aircraft [Carlson et al, 2006]. National and international health agencies should recommend nontoxic alternative methods of minimizing the importation of disease vectors in aircraft cabins, such as air curtains.…”

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Pesticide illness among flight attendants due to aircraft disinsection

Sutton

Vergara

Beckman

et al. 2007

American J Industrial Med

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“…Recently, several organizations including the USDA and USDOT have evaluated the use of mechanical disinsection methods as an alternative to the current chemical approach [49]. The International Convention on Civil Aviation (ICAO), which publishes International Standards and Recommended Practices, recently changed the wording of Standard 2.24 (Chapter 2 of Annex 9), (March 2004) to recognize the use of non-chemical methods of disinsection.…”

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“…The polymer-coated glass samplers that are described in the literature were prepared using glass tube sections installed in stainless steal housings [49][50][51][52]55]. The design was not practical for deployment in aircraft because of its size and shape.…”

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Insecticide Exposures on Commercial Aircraft: A Literature Review and Screening Level Assessment

Maddalena¹,

McKone²

2008

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Prevention of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and House Flies (Diptera: Muscidae) from Entering Simulated Aircraft with Commercial Air Curtain Units

Cited by 17 publications

References 4 publications

Prevention of Whitefly Entry from a Greenhouse Entrance by Furnishing an Airflow-Oriented Pre-Entrance Room Guarded with Electric Field Screens

Prevention of Whitefly Entry from a Greenhouse Entrance by Furnishing an Airflow-Oriented Pre-Entrance Room Guarded with Electric Field Screens

Pesticide illness among flight attendants due to aircraft disinsection

Insecticide Exposures on Commercial Aircraft: A Literature Review and Screening Level Assessment

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