Spinosad is a biopesticide, derived from fermentation by the soil-dwelling actinomycete, Saccharopolyspora spinosa, which is used to control a variety of insects. Spinosad kills a wide range of insect pests when ingested or topically applied, by overexciting the nervous system, yet is harmless to mammals and many predatory insects. Other modes of action of this insecticide have not been documented. Here, we report that a non-lethal dose of spinosad causes adult male and female German cockroach, Blattella germanica, to exhibit altered responses to their aggregation pheromone as well as to have a changed cuticular hydrocarbon profile.
The application of geometric morphometry on mosquito wings (Culicidae) is considered a powerful tool for evaluating correlations between the phenotype (e.g., shape) and environmental or genetic variables. However, this has not been used to study the wings of the avian malaria vector, Culiseta longiareolata. Therefore, the goal of this study is to investigate the intra-specific wing variations between male and female Cs. longiareolata populations in different types of larval habitats and climatic conditions in Algeria. A total of 256 Cs. longiareolata mosquito samples were collected from January 2020 to July 2021 in three cities (Annaba, El-Tarf, and Guelma) of northeastern Algeria that have two distinct climatic condition levels (sub-humid and sub-arid) and different types of larval habitats (artificial and natural). Nineteen (19) wing landmarks (LMs) were digitized and analyzed based on geometric morphometry. Our results revealed differences in the wing shape of female and male mosquito populations, indicating sexual dimorphism. Moreover, canonical variance analysis (CVA) showed that factors, such as climatic conditions and type of larval habitats, also affect the wing shape of female and male Cs. longiareolata mosquito populations. Furthermore, the wing shape of male populations was more distinct compared with female populations.
A., 2016. Evaluation du pouvoir insecticide de deux mimétiques de l'hormone de mue (Halofénozide et Méthoxyfénozide) sur les stades immatures de Lymantria dispar, principal défoliateur du chêne-liège.
Laid Ouakid a , Abdelkrim Tahraoui a Résumé : La faune entomologique est un élément essentiel dans la dynamique et le fonctionnement des écosystèmes forestiers. Le rôle écologique ainsi que le caractère bio-indicateur de certaines espèces d'insectes peuvent indiquer l'état sanitaire des forêts et déterminer certains facteurs liés à la dégradation de celles-ci. Au niveau des subéraies Algériennes, de nombreuses attaques d'insectes touchant principalement les feuilles, les fruits ainsi que le tronc du chêne ont étés signalés. L'action de certains Coléoptères phytophages (Curculionidae,..) est l'une des principales causes de la défoliation, les xylophages affaiblissent l'arbre tandis que les ravageurs des glands ont un impact direct sur la régénération. Afin de déterminer la relation entre la faune entomologique et le dépérissement des forêts de chêne-liège en Algérie, nous avons réalisé un inventaire des Coléoptères de deux subéraies de l'Est Algérien (la subéraie du Parc National d'El-Kala et la subéraie Souk-Ahras) en ayant recourt aux différentes techniques utilisées dans le domaine de l'entomologie (Récolte à vue, Pots Barber, Pièges aériens). Nous avons recensé plus de 100 espèces de Coléoptères appartenant à 25 différentes familles, dont 68 espèces récoltées au Parc National d'El-Kala et 41 espèces à Souk-Ahras. L'étude du régime alimentaire (coprophagie, saproxylie, prédation, phytophagie ou décomposition) a permis d'évaluer le rôle écologique des espèces inventoriées dans les écosystèmes forestiers.
In recent years, the cork oak forests that characterise the Mediterranean region have been exposed to various factors that result in their degradation. These cork oak trees, due to increasingly accentuated anthropogenic activity, undergo withering at different scales.The objective of the study is to assess the impact of various factors that degrade cork oak forests in the Mediterranean region located in northeastern Algeria, and this was achieved by prospecting 22 sampling locations. This allowed the creation of a database containing 745 trees that were observed and 27 measured variables. Different readings were then taken into consideration based on measurements and sometimes on ratings. The impact of several biotic and abiotic factors, which affect and damage the health of cork oak, was identified. These factors include in particular the infestations by xylomycetophagous insects such as Platypus cylindrus and Xyleborus sp., which can potentially infest the cork oak trees that we observed one year after bark harvesting. On the other hand, the stationary descriptors such as altitude, slope, exposure, etc., are important for the dendrometric and exploitation characteristics, but their unfavourable values do not necessarily lead to tree mortality; for example, medium to low slopes, associated with average altitudes of 600 m a.s.l., may ensure the healthiest trees like in our case study. Finally, we were able to find that certain decline factors may affect a particular category of trees, either because they are older, taller or have a large girth, or because they are subject to inadequate debarking.
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