Exploitation of insect vibrational signals reveals a new method of pest management.

Food production is considered to be the main source of human impact on the environment and the concerns about detrimental effects of pesticides on biodiversity and human health are likely to lead to an increasingly restricted use of chemicals in agriculture. Since the first successful field trial, p...

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Autores principales:	Anna Eriksson, Gianfranco Anfora, Andrea Lucchi, Francesco Lanzo, Meta Virant-Doberlet, Valerio Mazzoni
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bfe788a7193c4a408468d25dc8c394da2021-11-18T07:24:37ZExploitation of insect vibrational signals reveals a new method of pest management.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0032954https://doaj.org/article/bfe788a7193c4a408468d25dc8c394da2012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22457726/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Food production is considered to be the main source of human impact on the environment and the concerns about detrimental effects of pesticides on biodiversity and human health are likely to lead to an increasingly restricted use of chemicals in agriculture. Since the first successful field trial, pheromone based mating disruption enabled sustainable insect control, which resulted in reduced levels of pesticide use. Organic farming is one of the fastest growing segments of agriculture and with the continuously growing public concern about use of pesticides, the main remaining challenge in increasing the safety of the global food production is to identify appropriate alternative mating disruption approaches for the numerous insect pests that do not rely on chemical communication. In the present study, we show for the first time that effective mating disruption based on substrate-borne vibrational signals can be achieved in the field. When disruptive vibrational signals were applied to grapevine plants through a supporting wire, mating frequency of the leafhopper pest Scaphoideus titanus dropped to 9 % in semi-field conditions and to 4 % in a mature vineyard. The underlying mechanism of this environmentally friendly pest-control tactic is a masking of the vibrational signals used in mate recognition and location. Because vibrational communication is widespread in insects, mating disruption using substrate vibrations can transform many open field and greenhouse based farming systems.Anna ErikssonGianfranco AnforaAndrea LucchiFrancesco LanzoMeta Virant-DoberletValerio MazzoniPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 3, p e32954 (2012)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Anna Eriksson Gianfranco Anfora Andrea Lucchi Francesco Lanzo Meta Virant-Doberlet Valerio Mazzoni Exploitation of insect vibrational signals reveals a new method of pest management.
description	Food production is considered to be the main source of human impact on the environment and the concerns about detrimental effects of pesticides on biodiversity and human health are likely to lead to an increasingly restricted use of chemicals in agriculture. Since the first successful field trial, pheromone based mating disruption enabled sustainable insect control, which resulted in reduced levels of pesticide use. Organic farming is one of the fastest growing segments of agriculture and with the continuously growing public concern about use of pesticides, the main remaining challenge in increasing the safety of the global food production is to identify appropriate alternative mating disruption approaches for the numerous insect pests that do not rely on chemical communication. In the present study, we show for the first time that effective mating disruption based on substrate-borne vibrational signals can be achieved in the field. When disruptive vibrational signals were applied to grapevine plants through a supporting wire, mating frequency of the leafhopper pest Scaphoideus titanus dropped to 9 % in semi-field conditions and to 4 % in a mature vineyard. The underlying mechanism of this environmentally friendly pest-control tactic is a masking of the vibrational signals used in mate recognition and location. Because vibrational communication is widespread in insects, mating disruption using substrate vibrations can transform many open field and greenhouse based farming systems.
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author	Anna Eriksson Gianfranco Anfora Andrea Lucchi Francesco Lanzo Meta Virant-Doberlet Valerio Mazzoni
author_facet	Anna Eriksson Gianfranco Anfora Andrea Lucchi Francesco Lanzo Meta Virant-Doberlet Valerio Mazzoni
author_sort	Anna Eriksson
title	Exploitation of insect vibrational signals reveals a new method of pest management.
title_short	Exploitation of insect vibrational signals reveals a new method of pest management.
title_full	Exploitation of insect vibrational signals reveals a new method of pest management.
title_fullStr	Exploitation of insect vibrational signals reveals a new method of pest management.
title_full_unstemmed	Exploitation of insect vibrational signals reveals a new method of pest management.
title_sort	exploitation of insect vibrational signals reveals a new method of pest management.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2012
url	https://doaj.org/article/bfe788a7193c4a408468d25dc8c394da
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Exploitation of insect vibrational signals reveals a new method of pest management.

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