Virulence of select entomopathogenic fungi to the brown marmorated stink bug, <i>Halyomorpha halys</i> (Stål) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

Gouli, Vladimir V.; Gouli, Svetlana Y.; Skinner, Margaret; Hamilton, George C.; Parker, Bruce L.

doi:10.1002/ps.2310

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“…An entomopathogenic fungus, Ophiocordyceps nutans, was reported infecting BMSB in Japan (Sasaki et al 2012) and several other fungus species have shown efficacy against BMSB in the laboratory (Gouli et al 2011). Exploration in China, Japan, and South Korea resulted in the importation of Asian Trissolcus species for host range studies to determine their specificity to BMSB and suitability for field release in the USA (Figure 11).…”

Section: Long-term Solutionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pest Status of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha Halys in the USA

Leskey¹,

et al. 2012

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Since its initial discovery in Allentown, PA, USA, the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) has now officially has been detected in 38 states and the District of Columbia in the USA. Isolated populations also exist in Switzerland and Canada. This Asian species quickly became a major nuisance pest in the mid-Atlantic USA region due to its overwintering behavior of entering structures. BMSB has an extremely wide host range in both its native home and invaded countries where it feeds on numerous tree fruits, vegetables, field crops, ornamental plants, and native vegetation. In 2010, populations exploded causing severe crop losses to apples, peaches, sweet corn, peppers, tomatoes and row crops such as field corn and soybeans in several midAtlantic states. Damaging populations were detected in vineyards, small fruit and ornamentals. Researchers are collaborating to develop management solutions that will complement current integrated pest management programs. This article summarizes the current pest status and strategies being developed to manage BMSB in the USA.

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Section: Long-term Solutionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pest Status of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha Halys in the USA

Leskey¹,

et al. 2012

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“…The threat to agriculture from spread of H. halys populations has continued to increase, spurring development of management tools; these include traditional classical biological control strategies using natural enemies or predators [2], as well as development of novel management tools including pheromone lures for monitoring and trapping [4], [5], and newer biologically- and genetically-based control methods employing entomopathogenic [6] or molecular [7] biopesticides. The characterization of H. halys genomic and transcriptomic sequence data has been needed to aid development of novel, specifically-targeted, effective and environmentally sound means to mitigate the extensive damage produced by this insect, and to slow its aggressive geographic expansion.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transcriptome of the Invasive Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

Sparks¹,

Shelby

Kuhar³

et al. 2014

PLoS ONE

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Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), the brown marmorated stink bug, is an invasive agricultural and nuisance pest rapidly expanding its incidence in North America. This voracious pest poses a significant threat to rural and urban agriculture, especially to specialty crops such as apples, grapes and ornamentals, as well as staple crops including soybean and corn. The object of this study was to generate transcript sequence resources for H. halys. RNA-seq libraries derived from distinct developmental stages and sexes were sequenced and assembled into 248,569 putatively unique transcripts (PUTs). PUTs were segmented into three disjoint tiers of varying reliability, with 4,794 classified as gold tier (highest quality), 16,878 as silver, and 14,357 as bronze. The gold-tier PUTs associated with 2,580 distinct non-redundant protein sequences from the NCBI NR database—1,785 of these (69%) mapped to annotated UniProtKB database proteins, from which 1,273 unique Pfam families and 459 unique Molecular Function GO terms were encountered. Of the silver tier's 6,527 PUTs associated with unique proteins, 4,193 mapped to UniProtKB (64%), from which 1,941 and 640 unique Pfam and Molecular Function GO terms were extracted. H. halys PUTs related to important life processes like immunity, endocrinology, reproduction, development, behavior, neurotransmission, neurotoxicity, olfaction, and small RNA pathways were validated through quantitative Real-Time PCR (qRT-PCR) for differential expression during distinct life stages (eggs, 2nd instar nymphs, 4th instar nymphs, female adults, male adults). PUTs similar to hypothetical proteins identified in symbiont microbes, including Pantoea and Nosema species, were more abundantly expressed in adults versus nymphs. These comprehensive H. halys transcriptomic resources can be utilized to aid development of novel control methodologies to disrupt life processes; to conduct reverse genetic screens to determine host gene function; and to design environmentally unobtrusive means to control host populations or target specific H. halys life stages, such as molecular biopesticides.

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“…Three Beauveria bassiana and two Metarhizium anispoliae isolates were bioassayed in the laboratory setting. The B. bassiana isolates produced higher mortality rates of H. halys than the M. anispoliae isolates (Gouli et al 2012). In particular, one B. bassiana isolate caused 100 % mortality of H. halys in 12 days post treatment, which is the active ingredient in BotaniGard ® (Laverlam International Corp, Butte, MT) (Gouli et al 2012).…”

Section: Biologicalmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…The natural enemy complex of H. halys has been studied to develop biological control programs (Abram et al 2014a,b;Gariepy et al 2014b;Gouli et al 2012;Jones et al 2014;Martinson et al 2013;Talamas et al 2013). In particular, multiple species of egg parasitoids in Trissolcus spp.…”

Section: Biologicalmentioning

confidence: 99%